Chais — boys' name
131 babies named Chais in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
131 boys have been named Chais since 1982, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2009.
- 131
- total births
- 1982–2009
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Chais was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Chais in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chais
The Social Security Administration has registered 131 babies named Chais between 1982 and 2009, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chais currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chais performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chais shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chais in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 131 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chais at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chais popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1982
- Peak year (1994)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
131 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 14 births in a single year.
Chais popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1996 (Chais as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Chais accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chais by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 45 births that decade — 34% of Chais's all-time total
Chais decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chais's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.