Chenequa — girls' name
42 babies named Chenequa in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
42 girls have been named Chenequa since 1976, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1991.
- 42
- total births
- 1976–1991
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Chenequa was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Chenequa in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chenequa
The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Chenequa between 1976 and 1991, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chenequa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chenequa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chenequa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chenequa 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 42 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.
Chenequa at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chenequa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1976
- Peak year (1991)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
42 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 13 births in a single year.
Chenequa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 18 births that decade — 43% of Chenequa's all-time total
Chenequa decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chenequa's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.