Chenita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chenita

The Social Security Administration has registered 377 babies named Chenita between 1953 and 1991, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chenita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chenita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chenita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chenita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chenita 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 377 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.