Chara
Chara is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198239 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1956
- 1,005people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,005 girls have been named Chara in the United States since 1956, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 39 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 39 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 27%.
By decade
In 1982, its biggest year
Chara was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Chara
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Seemapeak 1981
- Holliepeak 1983
- Terrapeak 1980
- Dustipeak 1980
- Kamipeak 1980
- Krissypeak 1978
- Sachapeak 1977
- Suzanapeak 1979
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.