NameTides

Chaya

Chaya was the #587 girls' name in the US in 2025 (499 babies), and #705 in England & Wales and #1,177 in Canada.

Chaya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Chaya as a girl’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
Chaya as a girl’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#587 (499)#705 (52)#1,177 (22)
2024#599 (504)#686 (55)#2,445 (8)
2023#602 (494)#657 (55)#1,044 (24)
2022#595 (503)#1,081 (31)#1,362 (17)
2021#645 (461)#884 (40)#1,592 (14)
2020#662 (434)#807 (45)#1,020 (25)
2019#660 (443)#980 (36)#1,231 (20)
2018#638 (469)#1,136 (30)#1,259 (19)
2017#691 (422)#949 (39)#2,179 (9)
2016#707 (405)#897 (41)#1,230 (20)
2015#743 (379)#965 (37)#864 (31)
2014#681 (416)#1,005 (36)#948 (28)
2013#698 (405)#982 (37)#1,305 (18)
2012#692 (406)#934 (39)#1,248 (20)
2011#708 (393)#1,043 (33)#840 (32)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #599.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1947.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Chaya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 3,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Chaya 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: #1,240ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #42NYMassachusetts: 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: #959OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #45NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: 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: #731MDDelaware: 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: #1,325FL
Chaya (girls) 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#7745

Chaya (girls): 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
ChayaCanadaGirls#1,17722
ChayaEngland & WalesGirls#70552
ChayaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ChayaUSGirls#587499
ChayaUSBoys—too few