Chenita

Girl · recorded 1953–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1975best year

Most popular in 1975.

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

Checking your shortlist…

Compare

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Chenita.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1953

091819531963197219821991

Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.

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 33 recorded years as a table
Chenita, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19533
19545
19573
19583
19603
19614
19624
19635
19645
19657
19665
196712
19684
19698
19708
197111
197210
197311
19749
197518
197610
19777
197811
19796
19809
198113
19825
19833
19847
19855
19876
19884
19913

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Chenita 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 Chenita

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991
6
Rank in 1991
#11,509
How rare
1 in 312,501 girls
Since 1953
377

Chenita 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 1975, at 18 per million girls born.

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

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