Girls' name · since 1999
Chayil
87 babies named Chayil in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,655 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
87 girls have been named Chayil since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Chayil recorded 87 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2021.
- #28,655 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 87 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chayil ranks #28,655 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 87 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,655 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chayil's 87 recorded births place it above 60.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chayil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chayil's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chayil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2021
- Peak year (1999)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Chayil by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (54 births, 62% of the file).
2000s was Chayil's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Chayil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 54 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Chayil's decade-level peak was the 2000s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chayil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1999–2021 (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 Chayil 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.