How rare is the name Chaya?

11,308 people in the United States have the first name Chaya, about 1 in 26,710. It ranks #2,287 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CHAYA

#2,287

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,308
About
1 in 26,710
This common or more
79.3%
Who bears it

Of the 11,308 people named Chaya, 91.5% reported their origin as White, 3.2% as Black and 2.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Chaya peaked in 2024, when 504 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19472025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
504
In 2025*
499 ▼1%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,684 babies have been given the name since 1947. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Chaya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,210. The largest share of babies named Chaya, 37.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#8,74825
1950s#3,877207
1960s#3,643279
1970s#2,242783
1980s#1,6531,596
1990s#1,5972,209
2000s#1,3673,568
2010s#1,3124,122
2020s#1,2102,895
Baby boom 1946–642.3%
Generation X 1965–806.6%
Millennials 1981–9619.1%
Generation Z 1997–1234.7%
2013 and later37.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Chaya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chaya has been most common in New York (9×), New Jersey (6.6×), and Maryland (0.91×), and least common in Texas (0.04×).

14,111 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Chaya

#2,285 Pilar · 11,317#2,286 Leia · 11,311#2,288 Jarred · 11,306#2,289 Winnie · 11,304

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chaya, most common first.

#12,902 Chay · 949#17,232 Chhaya · 644#39,783 Choya · 189#41,535 Chaia · 176#45,674 Chaye · 148

Also a last name

As a last name, Chaya ranks #62,967 of 156,621, with 343 people. See Chaya as a last name

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