Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chaya

#1,219 most common girls' name of all time · #2,148 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1947–2025

Rank among girls
#1,219
Rank overall
#2,148 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
15,684
Since 2016
4,634
Peak year
2024 #599
Best rank
#589 2025
Girls Boys peak 504/yr
1960198020002020

Chaya first appears in 1947. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 499 499 #589
2024 504 504 #599
2023 494 494 #602
2022 503 503 #596
2021 461 461 #646
2020 434 434 #662
2019 443 443 #660
2018 469 469 #638
2017 422 422 #691
2016 405 405 #707
2015 379 379 #745
2014 416 416 #682
2013 405 405 #698
2012 406 406 #693
2011 393 393 #708
2010 384 384 #730
2009 402 402 #722
2008 403 403 #740
2007 409 409 #715
2006 369 369 #752
2005 373 373 #726
2004 349 349 #751
2003 321 321 #772
2002 357 357 #701
2001 290 290 #810
2000 295 295 #777
1999 259 259 #832
1998 213 213 #963
1997 221 221 #910
1996 210 210 #928
1995 217 217 #880
1994 205 205 #923
1993 229 229 #848
1992 202 202 #953
1991 238 238 #844
1990 215 215 #896
1989 232 5 237 #820
1988 213 213 #845
1987 144 144 #1,068
1986 142 142 #1,061
1985 130 130 #1,113
1984 151 151 #960
1983 147 147 #990
1982 147 147 #1,007
1981 166 5 171 #904
1980 114 114 #1,182
1979 116 116 #1,149
1978 91 91 #1,324
1977 97 97 #1,243
1976 81 81 #1,338
1975 103 103 #1,134
1974 83 83 #1,292
1973 57 57 #1,617
1972 65 65 #1,484
1971 49 49 #1,815
1970 41 41 #2,040
1969 36 36 #2,119
1968 34 34 #2,080
1967 35 35 #2,004
1966 17 17 #3,116
1965 22 22 #2,660
1964 23 23 #2,657
1963 34 34 #2,053
1962 35 35 #1,981
1961 27 27 #2,347
1960 16 16 #3,191
1959 31 31 #2,051
1958 26 26 #2,256
1957 19 19 #2,717
1956 28 28 #2,098
1955 27 27 #2,107
1954 21 21 #2,447
1953 18 18 #2,590
1952 17 17 #2,665
1951 11 11 #3,468
1950 9 9 #3,942
1949 10 10 #3,606
1948 6 6 #5,167
1947 9 9 #4,001