Chayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
Chayah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “life, living”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chayah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Chaya; feminine counterpart of Chaim
“life, living”
The feminine counterpart of Chaim, from the same Hebrew word for life.
Meaning borrowed from Chaya. More on Wiktionary.
Is Chayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Chayah is a girls' name.
How popular is Chayah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Chayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Chayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah, Raya, Salem, Selah, Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Sariyah, Zaniyah, Taliyah, Azariah, Jaliyah, Safa
Names related to Chayah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chayah, updated 20 October 2026.