Charika — girls' name
69 babies named Charika in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
69 girls have been named Charika since 1979, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1992.
- 69
- total births
- 1979–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
74% of everyone ever named Charika was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Charika in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Charika
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Charika between 1979 and 1992, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Charika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Charika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Charika 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 69 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.
Charika at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Charika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1979
- Peak year (1980)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
69 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 10 births in a single year.
Charika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 51 births that decade — 74% of Charika's all-time total
Charika decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Charika's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.