Chaya
Girl · HY-a · Hebrew
Chaya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “life, living”. In 2025 it ranked 765th for girls in the UK (52 babies) and 587th for girls in the US (499 babies).
What does Chaya mean?
Hebrew: feminine counterpart of Chaim
“life, living”
The feminine counterpart of Chaim, from the same Hebrew word for life.
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Is Chaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Chaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 52 girls in the UK and 499 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #765among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 5,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 52 girls in the UK were named Chaya, making it the 765th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 862nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 55 girls.
Half of all the girls named Chaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 705th in England and Wales.
Chaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #765 |
| 2024 | 55 | #735 |
| 2023 | 55 | #710 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 40 | #945 |
| 2020 | 45 | #862 |
| 2019 | 36 | #1,040 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 40 | #992 |
| 2016 | 41 | #956 |
| 2015 | 37 | #1,040 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 37 | #1,044 |
| 2012 | 39 | #999 |
| 2011 | 33 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | 36 | #1,004 |
| 2009 | 36 | #976 |
| 2008 | 42 | #855 |
| 2007 | 32 | #1,012 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 31 | #932 |
| 2003 | 28 | #951 |
| 2002 | 40 | #708 |
| 2001 | 35 | #768 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 28 | #866 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 25 | #905 |
How popular is Chaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #587among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 499about 1 in 3,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 499 girls in the US were named Chaya, making it the 587th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 662nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 504 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the girls named Chaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 499 | #587 |
| 2024 | 504 | #599 |
| 2023 | 494 | #602 |
| 2022 | 503 | #595 |
| 2021 | 461 | #645 |
| 2020 | 434 | #662 |
| 2019 | 443 | #660 |
| 2018 | 469 | #638 |
| 2017 | 422 | #691 |
| 2016 | 405 | #707 |
| 2015 | 379 | #743 |
| 2014 | 416 | #681 |
| 2013 | 405 | #698 |
| 2012 | 406 | #692 |
| 2011 | 393 | #708 |
| 2010 | 384 | #729 |
| 2009 | 402 | #720 |
| 2008 | 403 | #740 |
| 2007 | 409 | #715 |
| 2006 | 369 | #751 |
| 2005 | 373 | #726 |
| 2004 | 349 | #751 |
| 2003 | 321 | #771 |
| 2002 | 357 | #701 |
| 2001 | 290 | #810 |
| 2000 | 295 | #774 |
| 1999 | 259 | #830 |
| 1998 | 213 | #962 |
| 1997 | 221 | #906 |
| 1996 | 210 | #927 |
| 1995 | 217 | #874 |
| 1994 | 205 | #920 |
| 1993 | 229 | #847 |
| 1992 | 202 | #950 |
| 1991 | 238 | #841 |
| 1990 | 215 | #893 |
| 1989 | 232 | #814 |
| 1988 | 213 | #844 |
| 1987 | 144 | #1,064 |
| 1986 | 142 | #1,057 |
| 1985 | 130 | #1,109 |
| 1984 | 151 | #957 |
| 1983 | 147 | #988 |
| 1982 | 147 | #1,005 |
| 1981 | 166 | #901 |
| 1980 | 114 | #1,176 |
| 1979 | 116 | #1,144 |
| 1978 | 91 | #1,314 |
| 1977 | 97 | #1,240 |
| 1976 | 81 | #1,330 |
| 1975 | 103 | #1,127 |
| 1974 | 83 | #1,284 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,607 |
| 1972 | 65 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,805 |
| 1970 | 41 | #2,017 |
| 1969 | 36 | #2,102 |
| 1968 | 34 | #2,056 |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,980 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,014 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,946 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,298 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,020 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,208 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,057 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,062 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,377 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,515 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
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