Chara
Chara was the 13546th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 2262nd; the most babies were born in 1982 (39). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,477 places. More babies were named Chara in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #13,546 girls, down 4,478 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 198239 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,012babies recorded
Chara popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,546 | 6 |
| 2020 | #9,068 | 11 |
| 2010 | #12,519 | 8 |
| 2000 | #6,545 | 16 |
| 1990 | #5,095 | 18 |
| 1980 | #2,612 | 36 |
| 1970 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1960 | #4,820 | 8 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Chara, counting every spelling?
Chara is the most common spelling of a name family that had 6 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 6 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chara | 6 | #13,546 | 26 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Chara?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chara (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Chara born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chara.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Chara?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Chara are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 27 and 49. That makes Chara mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Chara: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chara, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Chara
How popular is the name Chara?
Chara was the 13546th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 2262nd; the most babies were born in 1982 (39). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,477 places. More babies were named Chara in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Chara a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Chara in the US.