Chaim
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #9,307 · #666 for boys in 2025, 411 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 462 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,072since 1942
Chaim over time
Rank among boys' names. Chaim has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #666 | 411 | |
| 2024 | — | #682 | 399 | |
| 2023 | — | #626 | 444 | |
| 2022 | — | #607 | 462 | |
| 2021 | — | #694 | 383 | |
| 2020 | — | #673 | 386 | |
| 2019 | — | #699 | 360 | |
| 2018 | — | #751 | 314 | |
| 2017 | — | #705 | 347 | |
| 2016 | — | #748 | 326 | |
| 2015 | — | #714 | 347 | |
| 2014 | — | #790 | 291 | |
| 2013 | — | #700 | 341 | |
| 2012 | — | #701 | 339 | |
| 2011 | — | #757 | 299 | |
| 2010 | — | #859 | 245 | |
| 2009 | — | #816 | 270 | |
| 2008 | — | #804 | 273 | |
| 2007 | — | #786 | 275 | |
| 2006 | — | #847 | 237 | |
| 2005 | — | #802 | 239 | |
| 2004 | — | #835 | 213 | |
| 2003 | — | #822 | 213 | |
| 2002 | — | #886 | 184 | |
| 2001 | — | #902 | 174 | |
| 2000 | — | #869 | 182 | |
| 1999 | — | #844 | 179 | |
| 1998 | — | #801 | 191 | |
| 1997 | — | #836 | 172 | |
| 1996 | — | #856 | 162 | |
| 1995 | — | #970 | 130 | |
| 1994 | — | #917 | 142 | |
| 1993 | — | #874 | 148 | |
| 1992 | — | #931 | 131 | |
| 1991 | — | #939 | 127 | |
| 1990 | — | #893 | 132 | |
| 1989 | — | #830 | 144 | |
| 1988 | — | #809 | 137 | |
| 1987 | — | #875 | 114 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,003 | 85 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #866 | 109 |
| 1984 | — | #818 | 114 | |
| 1983 | — | #889 | 98 | |
| 1982 | — | #927 | 93 | |
| 1981 | — | #870 | 104 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,089 | 69 | |
| 1979 | — | #875 | 99 | |
| 1978 | — | #869 | 98 | |
| 1977 | — | #937 | 82 | |
| 1976 | — | #905 | 84 | |
| 1975 | — | #938 | 76 | |
| 1974 | — | #977 | 70 | |
| 1973 | — | #948 | 72 | |
| 1972 | — | #900 | 79 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,289 | 42 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,117 | 54 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,252 | 40 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,183 | 41 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,411 | 29 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,237 | 37 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,559 | 25 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,615 | 24 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,097 | 51 | |
| 1960 | — | #964 | 62 | |
| 1959 | — | #975 | 62 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,006 | 57 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,063 | 51 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,257 | 37 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,419 | 29 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,525 | 25 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,357 | 31 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,547 | 24 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,643 | 21 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,820 | 17 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,326 | 11 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,143 | 12 | |
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
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| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Chaim! It came in at #2,940, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1945, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Chaim
- 16 spots since 2024 (#682 → #666)
- 7 spots since 2020 (#673 → #666)
- 48 spots since 2015 (#714 → #666)
- Biggest jump: 389 spots in 1972 (#1,289 → #900)
- Biggest drop: 214 spots in 1980 (#875 → #1,089)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 2022 at #607 (462 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1987–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,779 boys born in 2022 were named Chaim (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,156 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 26.6% of all boys named Chaim (3,209) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 66 | #1,820 (1949) | #2,667 |
| 1950s | 354 | #975 (1959) | #1,361 |
| 1960s | 361 | #964 (1960) | #1,342 |
| 1970s | 756 | #869 (1978) | #976 |
| 1980s | 1,067 | #809 (1988) | #898 |
| 1990s | 1,514 | #801 (1998) | #886 |
| 2000s | 2,260 | #786 (2007) | #837 |
| 2010s | 3,209 | #699 (2019) | #742 |
| 2020s | 2,485 | #607 (2022) | #658 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Chaim in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 286,805 of them was named Chaim, which outranked 25.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,318Zofia7
- #8,318Zora7
- #8,318Zorina7
- #9,307Chaim6
- #9,307Abi6
- #9,307Adaline6
- #9,307Adana6
- #10,677Aamanda5
- #10,677Aarthi5
- #10,677Abbagail5
Tied with 1,369 names at #9,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 16,956 of them was named Chaim, which outranked 88.6% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #857Jeremey110
- #857Leif110
- #857Lynn110
- #866Chaim109
- #866Bernardo109
- #866Cliff109
- #866Dakota109
- #875Francesco108
- #875Schuyler108
- #877Darwin107
Tied with 8 names at #866; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.