Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Chaya

Gender

Female

Origin

Hebrew
Abbreviation for people with names ending in -ario.
Life

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Chaya

Pronunciation

cha-ya

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1989 (rank #7903, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #594, 503 births); most recent 2025 (rank #587, 499 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–499
2024–502
2023–492
2022–503
2021–461
2020–434
2019–443
2018–469
2017–422
2016–405

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #686, 55 births); most recent 2025 (rank #705, 52 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202552
202455
202355
202231
202140
202045
201936
201830
201739
201641

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #3654, 6 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4073, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
20215
2020–
20193
2018–
2017–
20166
2015–
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence