Charnika — girls' name
62 babies named Charnika in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
62 girls have been named Charnika since 1981, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1995.
- 62
- total births
- 1981–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Charnika was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Charnika in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Charnika
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Charnika between 1981 and 1995, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charnika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Charnika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Charnika shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Charnika 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 62 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.
Charnika at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Charnika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1981
- Peak year (1988)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
62 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 8 births in a single year.
Charnika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 37 births that decade — 60% of Charnika's all-time total
Charnika decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Charnika's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% 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, 1981–1995 (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.