Names / Girl names
Chika
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#5,526
in 1992
First recorded
1976
in U.S. data
Children named
378
since 1976
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #5,526 in 1992 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Chika makes its debut in American naming records in 1976, where it reads as a girls' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 378 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.