Girls' name · since 1972
Chaye
50 babies named Chaye in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,970 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chaye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 50 have been recorded since 1972.
Chaye has 50 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1995.
- #34,970 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 50 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaye ranks #34,970 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 50 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #34,970 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chaye's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Chaye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chaye splits its recorded history at 1985: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chaye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1995
- Peak year (1980)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Chaye by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (18 births, 36% of the file).
1980s was Chaye's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Chaye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (36% of all-time use).
Chaye by state
Where Chaye concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 22.0% |
11 of 50 births nationwide.
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- Chaye's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 1990s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Chayes (11 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Chaye: 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 (~23 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, 1972–1995 (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 Chaye 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.