Chaila — girls' name
18 babies named Chaila in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
18 girls have been named Chaila since 1993, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1999.
- 18
- total births
- 1993–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Chaila was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Chaila in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chaila
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Chaila between 1993 and 1999, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chaila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chaila performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chaila in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 18 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chaila at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chaila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1993
- Peak year (1999)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
18 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 7 births in a single year.
Chaila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 18 births that decade — 100% of Chaila's all-time total
Chaila decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chaila's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.