Chaka
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Chaka has been given to 1,103 babies in the U.S. since 1974. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1976, with 147 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.
Babies named Chaka, 1991
1 in 649,000
Chaka over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Chaka over time
In 2001, Chaka went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Chaka?
Chaka had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1991, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1991
- 1 in 649,000
- 6 of 3,892,928 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 312,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1991
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 449,730 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Chaka sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1991 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 449,730 children born in 1991 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chaka. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Chakas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Chaka was born before 1978 — so the typical Chaka is around 47 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 61.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 841
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 61.7% of all recorded uses (519).
Is Chaka rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1976 (147)
- Years since peak
- 49
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 82.3% average annual change
Spellings of Chaka
Chaka is not the most common spelling — Clara is, with 56.0% against Chaka's 0.16%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Chaka is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Chaka was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 265,662 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Georgia1 in 50,000
- 2Alabama1 in 100,000
- 3Louisiana1 in 100,000
- 4South Carolina1 in 100,000
- 5Tennessee1 in 100,000
- 6California1 in —
- 7Florida1 in —
- 8Illinois1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Chaka has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Chaka is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Chaka was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 809,383 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Chaka has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Chaka around the world
Where Chaka ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- France2022–2024#4,219in 2024
Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Chaka by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Chaka
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Chaka
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.