Girls' name · since 1958
Chele
86 babies named Chele in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Chele is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 86 have been recorded since 1958.
Social Security Administration records show Chele recorded 86 times among girls since 1958, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1987.
- #28,792 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1958
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chele ranks #28,792 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1958, peaking in the 1960s.
- #28,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Chele's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chele's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chele splits its recorded history at 1965: 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 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1987
- Peak year (1960)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Chele by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (58 births, 67% of the file).
1960s was Chele's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Chele births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
58 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 58 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Chele's decade-level peak was the 1960s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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 Chele: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~29 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, 1958–1987 (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 Chele 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.