Chela
Girl · CHEH-la · Spanish
Chela is a girls' name of Spanish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chela mean?
Spanish: Spanish pet form of names such as Graciela and Marcela
Spanish nickname for names such as Graciela and Marcela.
- Say it
- CHEH-la
Is Chela a girl's or a boy's name?
Chela is a girls' name.
How popular is Chela in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 79 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Chela in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,535 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
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