Recorded 1942–2025 · United States
Chaim was most popular in 2022, when 462 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,243 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,347, with 411 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 12,078 people named Chaim.
Chaim first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1942, which makes it about 83 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 83 of the 84 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 12,078 American births named Chaim between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 11,625 are estimated to be alive today.
411 American babies were named Chaim in 2025, ranking #1,347 that year.
Chaim is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 420 births a year, against 323 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +30% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Chaim is a boy’s name — 0.1% of the 12,078 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.
Roughly 11,625 Americans named Chaim are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 8 and 32.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org