Chai**
#6,253 most common boys' name of all time · #15,604 across all names · 59% male / 41% female · used 1977–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,253
Rank overall
#15,604 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
647
Since 2016
156
Peak year
1994 #4,035
Best rank
#3,441 1984
Girls
Boys
peak 26/yr
Chai first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #11,022 |
| 2024 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #5,998 |
| 2023 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #8,468 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #9,229 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #10,009 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6 | 23 | #10,984 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,158 |
| 2018 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #9,975 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,004 |
| 2014 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2013 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #9,070 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,022 |
| 2011 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #9,048 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,737 |
| 2009 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #9,269 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #11,470 |
| 2007 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #7,295 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,107 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #7,897 |
| 2004 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #7,776 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #7,471 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #8,811 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #5,266 |
| 2000 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #8,568 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,151 |
| 1998 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #10,216 |
| 1997 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #7,647 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #6,804 |
| 1995 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #5,348 |
| 1994 | 10 | 16 | 26 | #4,035 |
| 1993 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #3,970 |
| 1992 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #5,107 |
| 1991 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #4,165 |
| 1990 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,891 |
| 1989 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #5,058 |
| 1988 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,700 |
| 1987 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #3,925 |
| 1986 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,207 |
| 1985 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,441 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,358 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #6,179 |
| 1981 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #3,840 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | — |