NameTides

Chaim

Chaim was the #666 boys' name in the US in 2025 (411 babies), and #976 in England & Wales and #2,095 in Canada.

Chaim as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Chaim as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Chaim as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#666 (411)#976 (31)#2,095 (9)
2024#682 (399)#981 (31)#1,764 (11)
2023#626 (444)#827 (39)#1,947 (9)
2022#607 (462)#771 (42)—
2021#694 (383)#771 (43)#1,653 (11)
2020#673 (386)#796 (39)#1,838 (9)
2019#699 (360)#1,506 (16)#1,448 (13)
2018#751 (314)#810 (39)#1,682 (10)
2017#705 (347)#888 (35)#1,308 (15)
2016#748 (326)#1,123 (25)#2,182 (7)
2015#714 (347)#1,074 (26)#1,458 (12)
2014#790 (291)#1,012 (28)#1,465 (12)
2013#700 (341)#910 (32)#1,380 (13)
2012#701 (339)#998 (28)#1,466 (12)
2011#757 (299)#907 (32)#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #607.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1942.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Chaim is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,400 to 1 in 4,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Chaim by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #62NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #76NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,831FL
Chaim (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6236

Chaim (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChaimCanadaBoys#2,0959
ChaimEngland & WalesBoys#97631
ChaimUSGirls—too few
ChaimUSBoys#666411