Chaya
#587 for girls in 2025, 499 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 499 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,674since 1947
Chaya over time
Rank among girls' names. Chaya has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #587 | 499 | — | |
| 2024 | #599 | 504 | — | |
| 2023 | #602 | 494 | — | |
| 2022 | #595 | 503 | — | |
| 2021 | #645 | 461 | — | |
| 2020 | #662 | 434 | — | |
| 2019 | #660 | 443 | — | |
| 2018 | #638 | 469 | — | |
| 2017 | #691 | 422 | — | |
| 2016 | #707 | 405 | — | |
| 2015 | #743 | 379 | — | |
| 2014 | #681 | 416 | — | |
| 2013 | #698 | 405 | — | |
| 2012 | #692 | 406 | — | |
| 2011 | #708 | 393 | — | |
| 2010 | #729 | 384 | — | |
| 2009 | #720 | 402 | — | |
| 2008 | #740 | 403 | — | |
| 2007 | #715 | 409 | — | |
| 2006 | #751 | 369 | — | |
| 2005 | #726 | 373 | — | |
| 2004 | #751 | 349 | — | |
| 2003 | #771 | 321 | — | |
| 2002 | #701 | 357 | — | |
| 2001 | #810 | 290 | — | |
| 2000 | #774 | 295 | — | |
| 1999 | #831 | 259 | — | |
| 1998 | #963 | 213 | — | |
| 1997 | #907 | 221 | — | |
| 1996 | #928 | 210 | — | |
| 1995 | #877 | 217 | — | |
| 1994 | #921 | 205 | — | |
| 1993 | #848 | 229 | — | |
| 1992 | #952 | 202 | — | |
| 1991 | #843 | 238 | — | |
| 1990 | #895 | 215 | — | |
| 1989 | #816 | 232 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #844 | 213 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,064 | 144 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,057 | 142 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,109 | 130 | — | |
| 1984 | #957 | 151 | — | |
| 1983 | #988 | 147 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,005 | 147 | — | |
| 1981 | #901 | 166 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #1,176 | 114 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,144 | 116 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,314 | 91 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,240 | 97 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,330 | 81 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,127 | 103 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,284 | 83 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,607 | 57 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 65 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,805 | 49 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,017 | 41 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,102 | 36 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,056 | 34 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,980 | 35 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,021 | 31 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Chaya! It came in at #3,706, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1948, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Chaya is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#158 · 1 in 859
- New Jersey#716 · 1 in 6,211
- Ohio#1,036 · 1 in 14,450
- California#1,502 · 1 in 18,129
Best ever in a state: #42 in New York, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #158 | 118 | 1 in 859 |
| New Jersey | #716 | 6 | 1 in 6,211 |
| Ohio | #1,036 | 5 | 1 in 14,450 |
| California | #1,502 | 10 | 1 in 18,129 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Chaya
- 12 spots since 2024 (#599 → #587)
- 75 spots since 2020 (#662 → #587)
- 156 spots since 2015 (#743 → #587)
- Biggest jump: 275 spots in 1981 (#1,176 → #901)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1985 (#957 → #1,109)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 2025 at #587 (499 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1988–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,215 girls born in 2024 were named Chaya (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,221 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #587 in 2025, was only 1 in 3,221 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.3% of all girls named Chaya (4,122) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 25 | #3,393 (1949) | #3,917 |
| 1950s | 207 | #2,021 (1959) | #2,542 |
| 1960s | 279 | #1,947 (1962) | #2,374 |
| 1970s | 783 | #1,127 (1975) | #1,434 |
| 1980s | 1,586 | #816 (1989) | #992 |
| 1990s | 2,209 | #831 (1999) | #897 |
| 2000s | 3,568 | #701 (2002) | #746 |
| 2010s | 4,122 | #638 (2018) | #695 |
| 2020s | 2,895 | #587 (2025) | #615 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Chaya in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 10,049 of them was named Chaya, which outranked 92.6% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #895Desirae167
- #895Josefina167
- #895Latoyia167
- #901Chaya166
- #901Anya166
- #901Justina166
- #901Lynnette166
- #906Alycia165
- #906Consuelo165
- #906Francisca165
Tied with 4 names at #901; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 358,235 of them was named Chaya, which outranked 14.1% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,027 names at #6,262; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.