Girls' name · since 1950
Chaneta
29 babies named Chaneta in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,232 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
29 girls have been named Chaneta since 1950, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaneta has been recorded 29 times among girls since 1950, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1954.
- #41,232 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1950
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaneta ranks #41,232 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1950, peaking in the 1950s.
- #41,232 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
Chaneta's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chaneta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chaneta's full recorded timeline at 1954, 21% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 79% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1950 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chaneta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1954
- Peak year (1950)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Chaneta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (29 births, 100% of the file).
1950s was Chaneta's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Chaneta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 29 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chaneta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1950)
Similar record span (~4 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, 1950–1954 (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 Chaneta 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.