Girls' name · since 1975
Chaunta
82 babies named Chaunta in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chaunta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 82 recorded since 1975.
Chaunta has 82 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1987.
- #29,321 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 82 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaunta ranks #29,321 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chaunta's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chaunta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chaunta splits its recorded history at 1980: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chaunta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1987
- Peak year (1978)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Chaunta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (43 births, 52% of the file).
1980s was Chaunta's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Chaunta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 43 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chaunta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1975–1987 (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 Chaunta 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.