Chaim
#1,054 most common boys' name of all time · #2,509 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1942–2025
Rank among boys
#1,054
Rank overall
#2,509 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
83 of 146
All-time
12,078
Since 2016
3,832
Peak year
2022 #607
Best rank
#607 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 462/yr
Chaim first appears in 1942. 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 | — | 411 | 411 | #666 |
| 2024 | — | 399 | 399 | #682 |
| 2023 | — | 444 | 444 | #626 |
| 2022 | — | 462 | 462 | #607 |
| 2021 | — | 383 | 383 | #694 |
| 2020 | — | 386 | 386 | #673 |
| 2019 | — | 360 | 360 | #699 |
| 2018 | — | 314 | 314 | #756 |
| 2017 | — | 347 | 347 | #705 |
| 2016 | — | 326 | 326 | #748 |
| 2015 | — | 347 | 347 | #715 |
| 2014 | — | 291 | 291 | #791 |
| 2013 | — | 341 | 341 | #700 |
| 2012 | — | 339 | 339 | #702 |
| 2011 | — | 299 | 299 | #758 |
| 2010 | — | 245 | 245 | #859 |
| 2009 | — | 270 | 270 | #818 |
| 2008 | — | 273 | 273 | #804 |
| 2007 | — | 275 | 275 | #788 |
| 2006 | — | 237 | 237 | #850 |
| 2005 | — | 239 | 239 | #803 |
| 2004 | — | 213 | 213 | #836 |
| 2003 | — | 213 | 213 | #823 |
| 2002 | — | 184 | 184 | #887 |
| 2001 | — | 174 | 174 | #905 |
| 2000 | — | 182 | 182 | #870 |
| 1999 | — | 179 | 179 | #846 |
| 1998 | — | 191 | 191 | #802 |
| 1997 | — | 172 | 172 | #837 |
| 1996 | — | 162 | 162 | #859 |
| 1995 | — | 130 | 130 | #971 |
| 1994 | — | 142 | 142 | #921 |
| 1993 | — | 148 | 148 | #878 |
| 1992 | — | 131 | 131 | #932 |
| 1991 | — | 127 | 127 | #944 |
| 1990 | — | 132 | 132 | #897 |
| 1989 | — | 144 | 144 | #834 |
| 1988 | — | 137 | 137 | #812 |
| 1987 | — | 114 | 114 | #879 |
| 1986 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,006 |
| 1985 | 6 | 109 | 115 | #873 |
| 1984 | — | 114 | 114 | #820 |
| 1983 | — | 98 | 98 | #890 |
| 1982 | — | 93 | 93 | #929 |
| 1981 | — | 104 | 104 | #871 |
| 1980 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,094 |
| 1979 | — | 99 | 99 | #880 |
| 1978 | — | 98 | 98 | #872 |
| 1977 | — | 82 | 82 | #945 |
| 1976 | — | 84 | 84 | #909 |
| 1975 | — | 76 | 76 | #944 |
| 1974 | — | 70 | 70 | #986 |
| 1973 | — | 72 | 72 | #955 |
| 1972 | — | 79 | 79 | #903 |
| 1971 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,300 |
| 1970 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,129 |
| 1969 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,264 |
| 1968 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,204 |
| 1967 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,443 |
| 1966 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1965 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1964 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,648 |
| 1963 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,621 |
| 1962 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,543 |
| 1961 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,106 |
| 1960 | — | 62 | 62 | #972 |
| 1959 | — | 62 | 62 | #986 |
| 1958 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,017 |
| 1957 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,073 |
| 1956 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,284 |
| 1955 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,457 |
| 1954 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,557 |
| 1953 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,580 |
| 1951 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,682 |
| 1950 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,874 |
| 1949 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,869 |
| 1948 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,439 |
| 1947 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1946 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,269 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,756 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,874 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,206 |