Girls' name · since 1985
Chaela
Since 1985, U.S. Social Security records show 231 babies named Chaela, peaking in 2000. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 231
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chaela is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 231 have been recorded since 1985.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaela has been recorded 231 times among girls since 1985, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2016.
- #18,344 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 231 born since 1985
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaela ranks #18,344 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 231 born since 1985, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 231
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chaela's 231 recorded births place it above 74.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chaela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chaela's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chaela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2016
- Peak year (2000)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Chaela by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (125 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Chaela's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Chaela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 34
1980s
34 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s
2000s
125 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 125 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Chaela's decade-level peak was the 2000s (125 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chaela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chaela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.