Girls' name · since 1993
Chariah
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 112 babies named Chariah, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 112
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chariah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 112 have been recorded since 1993.
Chariah has 112 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2021.
- #25,849 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 112 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chariah ranks #25,849 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 112 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 112
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chariah's 112 recorded births place it above 64.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chariah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chariah's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chariah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2021
- Peak year (2009)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Chariah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (61 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Chariah's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Chariah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 61 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Chariah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chariah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1993–2021 (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 Chariah 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.