Girls' name · since 2002
Chaiya
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Chaiya, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #49,542 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chaiya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 2002.
Chaiya has 15 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2021.
- #49,542 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaiya ranks #49,542 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #49,542 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chaiya's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chaiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chaiya's full recorded timeline at 2019, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births.
Chaiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2021
- Peak year (2002)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Chaiya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (5 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Chaiya's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Chaiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 5 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Chaiya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chaiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chaiya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.