Girls' name · since 1957
Chera
Chera has 468 recorded births since 1957 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 468
- born since 1957
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chera sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 468 recorded since 1957.
Chera has 468 recorded births among girls since 1957, 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 1957 to 1999.
- #12,339 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 468 born since 1957
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chera ranks #12,339 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 468 born since 1957, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 468
- born since 1957
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chera's 468 recorded births place it above 82.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Chera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chera's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1973 peak of 35, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1999
- Peak year (1973)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Chera by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (219 births, 47% of the file).
1970s was Chera's strongest decade.
219 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Chera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 34
1960s
34 births
- 1970s
1970s
219 births
- 1980s
1980s
162 births
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 219 births (47% of all-time use).
Chera by state
Where Chera concentrates geographically, total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8 | 1.7% |
8 of 468 births nationwide.
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- Chera's decade-level peak was the 1970s (219 total births); usage has since declined to 48 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Cheras (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1957–1999 (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 Chera 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.