Chaka

Girl · recorded 1974–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1976best year

Most popular in 1976.

Last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Chaka.

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Its story

Popularity since 1974

05010019741978198319871991

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 18 recorded years as a table
Chaka, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
197410
197582
1976100
197757
197852
197944
198037
198127
198222
198320
198418
198528
19868
198710
19883
19899
19904
19913

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Chaka isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Chaka

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991
6
Rank in 1991
#11,509
How rare
1 in 312,501 girls
Since 1974
841

Chaka was last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1976, at 100 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Chaka doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.