Girls' name · since 1947
Chaya
Chaya has 15,674 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,248 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #589 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,674
- born since 1947
- 2010s
- peak decade
15,674 babies have been named Chaya since 1947, making it today's #589 girls' name.
Chaya has 15,674 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #589 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2025.
- #1,248 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #589 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15,674 born since 1947
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaya ranks #1,248 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #589 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15,674 born since 1947, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,248 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #589 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,674
- born since 1947
- 2010s
- peak decade
Chaya's 15,674 recorded births place it above 98.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Chaya compares
15,674 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chaya's all-time total is 42x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15,674 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 504 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chaya's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 86% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 14%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1948, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 504, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chaya popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 504
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Chaya popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 1981 (Chaya as boys' name)
Chaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (4,122 births, 26% of the file).
2010s was Chaya's strongest decade.
4,122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Chaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 25
1940s
25 births
- 1950s 207
1950s
207 births
- 1960s 279
1960s
279 births
- 1970s 783
1970s
783 births
- 1980s 1,586
1980s
1,586 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,209 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,568 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,122 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,895 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 4,122 births (26% of all-time use).
How Chaya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Chaya's total volume
Chaya by state
Where Chaya concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 9,957 | 63.5% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 2,620 | 16.7% |
| #3 | California | | 487 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 291 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 195 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 195 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 127 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 114 | 0.7% |
9,957 of 15,674 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Chaya appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Chaya's data
- Chaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (4,122 total births) through the 2020s (2,895) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Chayas (9,957 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1947–2025 (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 Chaya 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.