Chaim
Chaim is ranked 694th among boys in 2024 (388 births). Its best rank was 607th, in 2022.
- Rank in 2024
- #694down 65 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3880.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022462 births
- Best rank
- #607in 2022
- Since 1942
- 11,647people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,647 boys have been named Chaim in the United States since 1942, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 462 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 28%. It has spent 53 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Chaim | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 66 | |
| 1950s | 354 | |
| 1960s | 361 | |
| 1970s | 756 | |
| 1980s | 1,067 | |
| 1990s | 1,514 | |
| 2000s | 2,260 | |
| 2010s | 3,209 | |
| 2020s | 2,060 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Chaim was the 607th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Chaim
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Moshepeak 2023
- Mikaelpeak 2023
- Yitzchokpeak 2024
- Aryehpeak 2024
- Yaakovpeak 2021
- Reypeak 2021
- Shlomopeak 2024
- Baruchpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.