How Many People Are Named Chaim?
people named Chaim are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 29,421 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,078 babies named Chaim in Social Security records from 1942 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
462 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Chaim in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chaim alive today is about 21 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chaim first appears in the records in 1942 and was given most often in 2022, to 462 babies. In 2025, 411 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1942 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Chaim has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #607, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #666.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #666 |
| Best rank | #607 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #742 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chaim alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chaim were born in New York than in any other state: about 7,799 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chaim was given 11.4 times as often in New York and 8.2 times in New Jersey.
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