How Many People Are Named Chaya?
people named Chaya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 22,203 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,684 babies named Chaya in Social Security records from 1947 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
504 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of CHAYYIM.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Chaya (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chaya alive today is about 20 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chaya first appears in the records in 1947 and was given most often in 2024, to 504 babies. In 2025, 499 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Chaya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #588, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #588.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #588 |
| Best rank | #588 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #692 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chaya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chaya were born in New York than in any other state: about 9,746 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chaya was given 10.7 times as often in New York and 6.9 times in New Jersey.
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