Girls' name · since 1983
Chiketa
11 babies named Chiketa in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #52,863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chiketa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 11 have been recorded since 1983.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chiketa has been recorded 11 times among girls since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1985.
- #52,863 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chiketa ranks #52,863 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #52,863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chiketa's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chiketa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chiketa's full recorded timeline at 1985, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chiketa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1985
- Peak year (1983)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Chiketa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Chiketa's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Chiketa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chiketa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1983–1985 (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 Chiketa 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.