Girls' name · since 1950
Chanetta
Chanetta has 80 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,575 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1950
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chanetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 80 have been recorded since 1950.
Social Security Administration records show Chanetta recorded 80 times among girls since 1950, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1989.
- #29,575 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1950
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanetta ranks #29,575 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1950, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,575 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1950
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chanetta's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chanetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chanetta's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chanetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1989
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Chanetta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (39 births, 49% of the file).
1980s was Chanetta's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Chanetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
31 births
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 39 births (49% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chanetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~39 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, 1950–1989 (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 Chanetta 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.