Is Chai a boy or girl name?

Chai is a unisex name. Of the 647 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 40.6% were girls and 59.4% were boys.

Chai

Recorded 1977–2025 · United States

Chai was most popular in 1994, when 26 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,553 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,985, with 18 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 647 people named Chai.

Chai over time

Births per year. The dot marks Chai’s peak in 1994. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Chai a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Chai is a unisex name — 40.6% of the 647 Americans given it were girls and 59.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 53% girls and 47% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Chai

Where Chai is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 8.9×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org