Girls' name · since 1974
Chemika
73 babies named Chemika in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,610 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chemika sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 73 recorded since 1974.
Chemika has 73 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1989.
- #30,610 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 73 born since 1974
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chemika ranks #30,610 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 73 born since 1974, peaking in the 1970s.
- #30,610 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chemika's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chemika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chemika's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chemika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1989
- Peak year (1977)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Chemika by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (41 births, 56% of the file).
1970s was Chemika's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Chemika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
41 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 41 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Chemika's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 1980s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chemika: 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 (~15 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, 1974–1989 (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 Chemika 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.