boys:
133 births since 1975
#4453 (3rd percentile)
overall:
133 births since 1975
#7606 (2nd percentile)
The name Chayim is the #7,606 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 133 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 1.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,453 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 133 births since 1975.
Chayim first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for boys in 1975). Birth data for Chayim is available in 21 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Chayim reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #751) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Chayim is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #908 (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chayim".
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Our model has identified 16 different pronunciations for the name Chayim. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 23.1% confident that Chayim is pronounced as HAH-yihm, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KHAI-ihm, at 10.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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