Chaka
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1976
147 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,103
since 1968
Born a Chaka? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Chaka was most popular in 1976, when 147 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.10 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Chaka in 2025. Not recorded since 2001.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 6 | 9243 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 5 | 10349 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 5 | 8700 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 6 | 11509 | 5 | 8236 |
| 1990 | 8 | 9247 | 9 | 5382 |
| 1989 | 16 | 5286 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 5 | 11798 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | 18 | 4474 | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | 13 | 5459 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 48 | 2172 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 30 | 2915 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 33 | 2659 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 38 | 2492 | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | 45 | 2231 | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | 62 | 1766 | 8 | 4495 |
| 1979 | 70 | 1605 | 8 | 4403 |
| 1978 | 80 | 1434 | 9 | 3857 |
| 1977 | 87 | 1325 | 16 | 2665 |
| 1976 | 147 | 897 | 20 | 2245 |
| 1975 | 120 | 1007 | 18 | 2361 |
| 1974 | 15 | 4041 | 18 | 2277 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 18 | 2216 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 27 | 1680 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 22 | 1916 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 20 | 1989 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 11 | 2682 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 6 | 3673 |
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Recorded as girls 76% · boys 24% across all years