Choua — unisex name
390 babies named Choua in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Choua was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Choua in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Choua
The Social Security Administration has registered 390 babies named Choua between 1980 and 2002, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Choua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 32 babies received it in a single year. Choua is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 86 additional births since 1981.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Choua performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 198 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Choua shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 149 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Choua in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Choua 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 390 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.
Choua at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Choua popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1980
- Peak year (1990)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
390 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 32 births in a single year.
Choua popularity over time — boys
86 total births recorded since 1981 (Choua as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Choua accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Choua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 198 births that decade — 51% of Choua's all-time total
Choua decade highlights
- Peak decade 198 births
- Runner-up 187 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Choua's strongest decade
198 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Choua by state
Where Choua concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 149 | 38.2% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 66 | 16.9% |
| #3 | Wisconsin | | 43 | 11.0% |
149 of 390 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 38.2% of nationwide
- Minnesota 16.9% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 11.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 38.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1980–2002 (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.