Chikara
Chikara is a Japanese masculine given name. When written in most forms of kanji, the name means strength, power, authority and other similar variations.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Chikara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chikara is a Japanese masculine given name. When written in most forms of kanji, the name means strength, power, authority and other similar variations.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Chikara
The earliest SSA record of Chikara as a baby girl name dates back to 1985, when 5 babies received it. 1992 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Chikara — #10,478 in the national rankings. About 58% of every Chikara on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Chikara last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Chikara
Chikara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 12 births in the dataset. Chikara's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #10,478. Use the chart and map above to compare Chikara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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