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Chaya

Rank in 2024
#599
Born in 2024
502
Peak year
2022 · #596
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 502 girls were named Chaya, about 1 in every 3,214.
  • It peaked in 2022 with 503 babies, ranked #596.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1947.
  • 15,170 girls have been named Chaya since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Chaya per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 367 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,041 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,988 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5,443 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,331 babies, 0.26 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Hebrew חַיָּה (ḥayyā, “living”).

  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Chaya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Kaya

    Rank
    #967
    Born '24
    268
    Origin
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    1880peak 20042024