Chea — unisex name

What the Data Says About Chea

The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Chea between 1971 and 2004, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Chea is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 1977.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chea 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 80 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.