Chua — girls' name
24 babies named Chua in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Chua was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Chua in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chua
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Chua between 1980 and 1991, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chua performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Chua shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chua in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chua 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 24 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.
Chua at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1980
- Peak year (1986)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
24 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 7 births in a single year.
Chua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 18 births that decade — 75% of Chua's all-time total
Chua decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chua's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Chua by state
Where Chua concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 50.0% |
12 of 24 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 50.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 50.0% 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, 1980–1991 (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.