Girls' name · since 1977
Chakia
Since 1977, U.S. Social Security records show 159 babies named Chakia, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,171 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 159
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chakia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 159 have been recorded since 1977.
Chakia has 159 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1996.
- #22,171 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 159 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chakia ranks #22,171 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 159 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,171 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 159
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chakia's 159 recorded births place it above 69.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chakia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chakia splits its recorded history at 1987: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chakia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1996
- Peak year (1993)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Chakia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (75 births, 47% of the file).
1980s was Chakia's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Chakia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 75 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Chakia's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 1990s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chakia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1977–1996 (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 Chakia 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.