Girls' name · since 1979
Chaquana
Chaquana has 59 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,008 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chaquana is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 59 have been recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Chaquana recorded 59 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1994.
- #33,008 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 59 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaquana ranks #33,008 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #33,008 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chaquana's 59 recorded births place it above 54.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chaquana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chaquana splits its recorded history at 1988: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chaquana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1994
- Peak year (1990)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1994.
59 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 8 births in a single year.
Chaquana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (29 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Chaquana's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Chaquana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 29 births (49% of all-time use).
Chaquana decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chaquana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1979–1994 (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 Chaquana 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.
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