Chay

Chay peaked in England & Wales in 1997 at #407, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Chay as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Chay as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
Chay as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotland
2024—#5,120 (3)—
2022—#4,002 (4)—
2021—#2,730 (7)—
2020—#3,848 (4)—
2019—#2,266 (9)#701 (3)
2018—#1,991 (11)—
2017—#1,546 (16)—
2016#8,816 (8)#1,363 (19)—
2015—#2,020 (11)—
2014—#3,895 (4)—
2013—#2,403 (8)#687 (3)
2012—#3,416 (5)—
2011#9,600 (7)#1,522 (15)—
2010#12,231 (5)#2,036 (10)—
2009#7,236 (11)#1,981 (10)#626 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 1997 at #407.
  • In the England & Wales records since the data begins in 1996.
  • In 2007, 39% of US babies named Chay were girls.