Girls' name · since 1974
Chekita
15 babies named Chekita in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #49,551 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chekita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15 have been recorded since 1974.
Social Security Administration records show Chekita recorded 15 times among girls since 1974, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1984.
- #49,551 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chekita ranks #49,551 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #49,551 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chekita'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.
Chekita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chekita's SSA record in two at 1982 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 1974, with only 5 births recorded.
Chekita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1984
- Peak year (1974)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Chekita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1980s was Chekita's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Chekita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chekita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1974–1984 (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 Chekita 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.