Girls' name · since 1976
Chitra
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 33 babies named Chitra, peaking in 1982. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,770 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chitra sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 33 recorded since 1976.
Chitra has 33 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1999.
- #39,770 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 33 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chitra ranks #39,770 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 33 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #39,770 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chitra's 33 recorded births place it above 44.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chitra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chitra's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chitra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1999
- Peak year (1982)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Chitra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (13 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Chitra's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Chitra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 13 births (39% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chitra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1976–1999 (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 Chitra 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.