Girls' name · since 1978
Chaneka
64 babies named Chaneka in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,068 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
64 girls have been named Chaneka since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chaneka has 64 recorded births among girls since 1978, 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 1978 to 1992.
- #32,068 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaneka ranks #32,068 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #32,068 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chaneka's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chaneka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chaneka splits its recorded history at 1985: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chaneka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1992
- Peak year (1979)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Chaneka by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (31 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Chaneka's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Chaneka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
31 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 31 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Chaneka's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 1990s (18) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chaneka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1978–1992 (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 Chaneka 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.