How Many People Are Named Chayim?
people named Chayim are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,609,044 people in the US has this name
Based on 134 babies named Chayim in Social Security records from 1975 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
9 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 Chayim in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chayim alive today is about 19 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chayim first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 2016, to 9 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Chayim has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,892, in 1975.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,892 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #11,019 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chayim alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chayim were born in New York than in any other state: about 11 of those alive today.
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