Chaya Girl
How popular is Chaya?
#587 girl name in 2025
499 baby girls were named Chaya in the US in 2025, making it the 587th most popular girl name.
Chaya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #587 for girls (▲ 12 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 499 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #743 in 2015, #662 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (504 girls) |
| Highest rank | #587 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1947 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Chaya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Chaya family of names ranked #558 for girls in 2025 (#551 the year before), with 511 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chaya | 499 | 98% |
| Khaia | 6 | 1% |
| Khaya | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Chaya is most popular
Babies named Chaya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 3.7 per 1,000 (671 girls)
- New York: 3.4 per 1,000 (1,356 girls)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (59 girls)
Chaya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 25 | #3,392 |
| 1950s | 207 | #2,020 |
| 1960s | 279 | #1,946 |
| 1970s | 783 | #1,127 |
| 1980s | 1,586 | #814 |
| 1990s | 2,209 | #830 |
| 2000s | 3,568 | #701 |
| 2010s | 4,122 | #638 |
| 2020s | 2,895 | #587 |
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Questions
- Is Chaya a boy or girl name?
- Chaya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Chaya were girls.
- How popular is the name Chaya?
- 499 baby girls were named Chaya in the US in 2025, making it the 587th most popular girl name.
- When was Chaya most popular?
- Chaya peaked in 2024, when 504 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #587 in 2025.
- How many people are named Chaya?
- 15,684 babies have been named Chaya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,427 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Chaya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Chaya was most common in New Jersey, at 3.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.