Girls' name · since 1977
Chakira
229 babies named Chakira in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,442 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 229
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chakira is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 229 have been recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chakira has been recorded 229 times among girls since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2007.
- #18,442 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 229 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chakira ranks #18,442 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 229 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,442 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 229
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chakira's 229 recorded births place it above 74.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chakira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chakira splits its recorded history at 1994: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chakira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2007
- Peak year (1992)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Chakira by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (114 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Chakira's strongest decade.
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Chakira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 39
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
114 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 114 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Chakira's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (114 total births) through the 2000s (66) -- 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 Chakira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1977–2007 (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 Chakira 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.