Chai

Where Chai comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Chai.

  • Vowel-ended
Chai through the years
  1. 1981
    First appearance
    #3,601 among boys with 11 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1984
    Peak, #3,270
    13 babies named Chai, its best rank.
  3. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #9,631.
  4. 2025
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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