Chika
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #12,243
- Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
- Given to girls 92.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 350since 1976
Chika over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
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| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
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| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
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| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
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| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1976
The first year at least five girls were named Chika! It came in at #9,284, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Chika is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Chika in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Chika
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 1992 at #5,484 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 4 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 106,826
- Highest: 1 in 106,826 girls born in 2000 were named Chika (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 234,304 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #5,484 in 1992, was only 1 in 108,467 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 34.0% of all girls named Chika (119) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21 | #6,696 (1979) | #7,849 |
| 1980s | 81 | #5,824 (1983) | #8,107 |
| 1990s | 119 | #5,484 (1992) | #7,563 |
| 2000s | 89 | #6,208 (2000) | #11,932 |
| 2010s | 33 | #11,931 (2014) | #13,785 |
| 2020s | 7 | #12,243 (2022) | #12,243 |
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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