Chela
Rank in 2025
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recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1985
79 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
474
since 1955
Born a Chela? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Chela was most popular in 1985, when 79 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.05 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Chela in 2025. Not recorded since 2011.
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 | 6 | 14824 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 5 | 16992 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 17294 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 15405 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 9 | 11417 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 14502 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 7 | 12761 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 6 | 13844 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 10 | 9482 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 10 | 9351 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 10 | 9163 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 15 | 6484 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 11138 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 10 | 8334 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 5 | 13518 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 14 | 6257 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 15 | 5984 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 7 | 10588 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 13 | 6652 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 15 | 5949 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 12 | 6867 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 10 | 7449 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 19 | 4496 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 10 | 6788 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 24 | 3554 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 79 | 1536 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 13 | 5222 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 5 | 10275 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | 10517 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 14 | 4963 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 6 | 9095 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 15 | 4626 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 6 | 8562 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 14 | 4652 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 9 | 6048 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | 9067 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 8 | 6258 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 8 | 6080 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 6 | 7292 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 8 | 6006 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 5 | 7995 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 6 | 6617 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 6 | 5208 | <5 | — |
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