Chira — girls' name
17 babies named Chira in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
17 girls have been named Chira since 1979, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1983.
- 17
- total births
- 1979–1983
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
65% of everyone ever named Chira was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Chira in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chira
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Chira between 1979 and 1983, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chira currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chira performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Chira shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chira 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 17 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.
Chira at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
17 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 6 births in a single year.
Chira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 11 births that decade — 65% of Chira's all-time total
Chira decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chira's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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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, 1979–1983 (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.