Girls' name · since 1974
Chanika
233 babies named Chanika in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,263 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 233
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chanika sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 233 recorded since 1974.
Chanika has 233 recorded births among girls since 1974, 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 1974 to 1996.
- #18,263 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 233 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanika ranks #18,263 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 233 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,263 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 233
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chanika's 233 recorded births place it above 74.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Chanika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chanika splits its recorded history at 1984: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chanika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1996
- Peak year (1980)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Chanika by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (130 births, 56% of the file).
1980s was Chanika's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Chanika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
130 births
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 130 births (56% of all-time use).
Chanika by state
Where Chanika concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
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- Chanika's decade-level peak was the 1980s (130 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Chanikas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chanika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1974–1996 (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 Chanika 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.