Chera — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chera

The Social Security Administration has registered 468 babies named Chera between 1957 and 1999, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chera currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chera performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 219 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chera in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chera 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 468 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.