Unisex name · since 1971
Chea
80 babies named Chea in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,578 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 80 recorded since 1971.
Chea has 80 recorded births among girls since 1971, 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 1971 to 2004.
- #29,578 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chea ranks #29,578 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,578 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chea's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chea's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chea popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2004
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Chea popularity over time - boys
15 total births recorded since 1977 (Chea as boys' name)
Chea by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (33 births, 41% of the file).
1980s was Chea's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Chea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 33 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Chea's decade-level peak was the 1980s (33 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Chea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1971–2004 (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 Chea 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.