Chetara — girls' name
73 babies named Chetara in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
73 girls have been named Chetara since 1986, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1991.
- 73
- total births
- 1986–1991
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 86%
- born in that decade
86% of everyone ever named Chetara was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Chetara in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chetara
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Chetara between 1986 and 1991, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chetara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chetara performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Chetara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chetara in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chetara 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 73 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.
Chetara at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chetara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1986
- Peak year (1986)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
73 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 26 births in a single year.
Chetara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 63 births that decade — 86% of Chetara's all-time total
Chetara decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chetara's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 86% of all-time use.
Chetara by state
Where Chetara concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 6.8% |
5 of 73 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 6.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 6.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1986–1991 (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.