Chara
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,012since 1956
Chara over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Chara has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 |
| 1984 | #2,421 | 39 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #2,451 | 39 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 |
| 1978 | #2,474 | 35 |
| 1977 | #2,423 | 36 |
| 1976 | #2,255 | 37 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 |
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| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
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First appearance
1956
The first year at least five girls were named Chara! It came in at #5,952, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Chara is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Chara in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Chara
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 4,255 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #13,208)
- 4,277 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1976 at #2,255 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 39,597
- Highest: 1 in 39,597 girls born in 1976 were named Chara (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 27.2% of all girls named Chara (275) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | #5,566 (1959) | #5,759 |
| 1960s | 73 | #3,400 (1966) | #5,149 |
| 1970s | 268 | #2,255 (1976) | #2,916 |
| 1980s | 275 | #2,421 (1984) | #3,413 |
| 1990s | 144 | #4,329 (1991) | #6,760 |
| 2000s | 108 | #6,487 (2000) | #10,226 |
| 2010s | 96 | #7,748 (2013) | #10,978 |
| 2020s | 37 | #8,953 (2020) | #12,162 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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