Chenika — girls' name
81 babies named Chenika in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
81 girls have been named Chenika since 1976, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1992.
- 81
- total births
- 1976–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
69% of everyone ever named Chenika was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Chenika in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chenika
The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Chenika between 1976 and 1992, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chenika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chenika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chenika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chenika 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 81 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.
Chenika at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chenika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1976
- Peak year (1985)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
81 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 10 births in a single year.
Chenika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 56 births that decade — 69% of Chenika's all-time total
Chenika decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chenika's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% 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, 1976–1992 (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.