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How popular is the name Chaya?
Births per year, rank history and how many Chayas are alive today.
Chaya (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 705th in 2025 with 52 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2023, when 55 babies were given the name, the 657th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Chaya you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Chayas born in England and Wales are between 7 and 25, and there are at least 1,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Chaya - on average, only one in every 263 such rooms contains a Chaya.
How many babies are named Chaya each year?
Where does Chaya rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Chaya most popular?
Chaya peaked in 2023, when 55 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Chaya?
At least 1,200 people named Chaya born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Chaya?
Most living Chayas are between 7 and 25; the most common age is about 2.
Is Chaya becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.