Girls' name · since 1959
Chauna
Since 1959, U.S. Social Security records show 248 babies named Chauna, peaking in 1977. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 248
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chauna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 248 have been recorded since 1959.
Chauna has 248 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1993.
- #17,660 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 248 born since 1959
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chauna ranks #17,660 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 248 born since 1959, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 248
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chauna's 248 recorded births place it above 75.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chauna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chauna's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1959, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chauna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1993
- Peak year (1977)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Chauna by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (110 births, 44% of the file).
1970s was Chauna's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Chauna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
- 1970s
1970s
110 births
- 1980s
1980s
88 births
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 110 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Chauna's decade-level peak was the 1970s (110 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 1990s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Chauna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1959–1993 (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 Chauna 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.