Chala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chala

The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Chala between 1974 and 1995, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chala performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chala 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 139 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.