Girls' name · since 1961
Chanita
404 babies named Chanita in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,421 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 404
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chanita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 404 recorded since 1961.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanita has been recorded 404 times among girls since 1961, 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 1961 to 1994.
- #13,421 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 404 born since 1961
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanita ranks #13,421 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 404 born since 1961, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,421 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 404
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chanita's 404 recorded births place it above 81.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chanita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chanita's full recorded timeline at 1979, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chanita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1994
- Peak year (1981)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Chanita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (167 births, 41% of the file).
1980s was Chanita's strongest decade.
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Chanita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 41
1960s
41 births
- 1970s
1970s
148 births
- 1980s
1980s
167 births
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 167 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Chanita's data
- Chanita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (167 total births); usage has since declined to 48 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Chanita: 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 (~33 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, 1961–1994 (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 Chanita 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.