Chika

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Chika: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Chika: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #3,126, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#3126highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
2001	#3262
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#3197
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2013	#4739
2014	#5691
2016	#5785
2020	#5493
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #3126 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Chika appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 54 births with the name.

Chika across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Chika's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#3126 (1996)	#5891 (2024)	15 of 29	54 (1996–2024)	5 (2004)
England and Wales · Boys	#4685 (2013)	#4685 (2013)	#4991 (2023)	2 of 11	6 (2013–2023)	3 (2013)

Chika by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Chika in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	23	6 of 10	4
2010s	21	6 of 10	4
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Chika appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3126 in England and Wales in 1996.

Chika's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #3,126, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
5births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Vidya · #3126, 11y
Abdoulaye · #3134, 13y
Bella-Grace · #3117, 12y
Emiko · #3117, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aja · #3126, 10y
Eleonor · #3126, 10y
Vidya · #3126, 11y
Madlen · #3116, 14y

Chika and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Chika without appearing here.

Chika moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #4764.

Moved ahead of Chika

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3197 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2105.
Tove Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4524 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #4003.
Luca Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #2023.

Moved the opposite way to Chika

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chika went from #3126 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chika went from #3126 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chika went from #3126 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chika went from #3126 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Chika

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chika went from #3126 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chika went from #3126 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chika went from #3126 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chika went from #3126 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3126 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Chika

Chika at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chika across 2 official records

Chika by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Chika appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Chika and the names beside it

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Chika at a glance

Chika across 2 official records

Chika by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Chika appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Chika and the names beside it

Chika moved ahead of

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