Chay
- Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #8,816
- Given to boys 87.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 375since 1972
Chay over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
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| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
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| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,703 | 16 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
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| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #3,344 | 9 |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Chay! It came in at #3,344, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1999–2000, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Chay is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Chay in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Chay
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1973 at #3,013 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 117,495
- Highest: 1 in 117,495 boys born in 1992 were named Chay (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 237,217 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,013 in 1973, was only 1 in 141,689 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 28.8% of all boys named Chay (108) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68 | #3,013 (1973) | #4,045 |
| 1980s | 97 | #3,412 (1981) | #4,401 |
| 1990s | 108 | #3,604 (1992) | #5,563 |
| 2000s | 82 | #4,703 (2002) | #7,286 |
| 2010s | 20 | #8,816 (2016) | #10,216 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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