girls:
6 births since 1985
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
11.2k births since 1942
#1090 (76th percentile)
overall:
11.3k births since 1942
#2479 (68th percentile)
The name Chaim is the #2,479 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,251 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 68.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 68.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,090 (76.2% percentile) for all time with 11,245 births since 1942. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1985.
Chaim first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for boys and 1985 for girls). Birth data for Chaim is available in 81 out of the 82 years between 1942 and 2023 (81 years for boys and 1 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 Chaim has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Chaim reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 44.1% percentile (ranked #517) with 246 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 246 births per million (ranked 44.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 1985, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Chaim is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #533 (41.5% percentile) with 235 births per million.
For girls, Chaim reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #799) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1985.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chaim".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Chaim. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.6% confident that Chaim is pronounced as HAI-ihm, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KHAI-ihm, at 26.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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