Is Chaka a boy or girl name?

Chaka is a unisex name. Of the 1,103 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 76.2% were girls and 23.8% were boys. It changed hands in 1975, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Chaka

Recorded 1968–2001 · United States

Chaka was most popular in 1976, when 167 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,438 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,103 people named Chaka.

Chaka over time

Births per year. The dot marks Chaka’s peak in 1976. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Chaka a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Chaka is a unisex name — 76.2% of the 1,103 Americans given it were girls and 23.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 1975 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Chaka

Where Chaka is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org