How Many People Are Named Chaela?
An estimated 225 people in the United States have the first name Chaela. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Chaela peaked in popularity in 2000 with 20 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Chaela as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Chaela paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
225
About 1 in 1,523,353 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
2000
20 births
Total Registered
231
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Chaela
Chaela is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 231 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Chaela as a female name
Ranked #16,781 in 2016
5 female births in 2016
Peak: 2000 (20 births)
Chaela: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Chaela span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 125 babies were registered. Chaela has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Chaela by Decade
How has Chaela tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Chaela + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Chaela as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Chaela: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Chaela?
We estimate approximately 225 people named Chaela are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,523,353 Americans share this first name.
Is Chaela a common name?
Chaela is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 231 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Chaela most popular?
Chaela reached peak popularity in 2000, when 20 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Chaela is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Chaela a female name?
Chaela is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Chaela Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Chaela Smith, Chaela Johnson, Chaela Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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