girls:
243 births since 1977
#5473 (4th percentile)
boys:
363 births since 1981
#4223 (8th percentile)
overall:
606 births since 1977
#7133 (8th percentile)
The name Chai is the #7,133 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 606 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 7.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,223 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 363 births since 1981. For girls, it ranks #5,473 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 243 births since 1977.
Chai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 1981 for boys). Birth data for Chai is available in 42 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (40 years for boys and 32 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Chai has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 42.9% of babies named Chai were boys.
For boys, Chai reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #758) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Chai ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 62.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Chai reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #928) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Chai ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 71.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chai".
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