Chara — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chara

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,005 babies named Chara between 1956 and 2023, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chara performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 275 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Chara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Chara in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,005 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.