Girls' name · since 1973
Chawanna
Chawanna has 15 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #49,550 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chawanna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chawanna has been recorded 15 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1976.
- #49,550 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chawanna ranks #49,550 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #49,550 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chawanna's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chawanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chawanna's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded.
Chawanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1976
- Peak year (1973)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Chawanna by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (15 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Chawanna's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Chawanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chawanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1973–1976 (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 Chawanna 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.