Girls' name · since 1975
Chameka
193 babies named Chameka in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,167 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 193
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chameka is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 193 have been recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chameka has been recorded 193 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1993.
- #20,167 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 193 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chameka ranks #20,167 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 193 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,167 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 193
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chameka's 193 recorded births place it above 72.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chameka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chameka's full recorded timeline at 1984, 36% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 64% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chameka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1993
- Peak year (1977)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Chameka by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (104 births, 54% of the file).
1980s was Chameka's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Chameka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
70 births
- 1980s
1980s
104 births
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 104 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Chameka's decade-level peak was the 1980s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 1990s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chameka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1975–1993 (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 Chameka 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.