How Many People Are Named Chauna?
An estimated 226 people in the United States have the first name Chauna. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 47 years old, and Chauna peaked in popularity in 1977 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Chauna 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 Chauna paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
226
About 1 in 1,516,612 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
47
years old
Peak Year
1977
17 births
Total Registered
248
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Chauna
Chauna is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 248 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Chauna as a female name
Ranked #8,176 in 1993
10 female births in 1993
Peak: 1977 (17 births)
Chauna: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Chauna span from the 1950s to the 1990s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 110 babies were registered. Chauna has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Chauna by Decade
How has Chauna 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.
Chauna + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Chauna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Chauna
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Chauna: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Chauna?
We estimate approximately 226 people named Chauna 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 1,516,612 Americans share this first name.
Is Chauna a common name?
Chauna is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 248 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Chauna most popular?
Chauna reached peak popularity in 1977, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Chauna is approximately 47 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Chauna a female name?
Chauna is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Chauna Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Chauna Smith, Chauna Johnson, Chauna 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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