Chiam — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chiam

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Chiam between 1959 and 2008, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chiam currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chiam performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chiam shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chiam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chiam 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 21 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.