Forty; a prayer of forty verses
Derived from the Hindi word 'chalis', meaning forty. In Hindu tradition, a Chalisa is a devotional hymn or prayer consisting of forty verses dedicated to a specific deity.
Less common today
Chalisa isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,502 in 1992.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
