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How popular is the name Chay?
Births per year, rank history and how many Chays are alive today.
Chay (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Che in England and Wales, ranked 5120th in 2024 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1997, when 54 babies were given the name, the 407th most popular that year. It has declined since 1997; the 2024 figure is roughly 6% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Che you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old - or else around 10: the name has two living generations. Half of all Ches born in England and Wales are between 15 and 30, and there are at least 1,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Che - on average, only one in every 160 such rooms contains a Che.
How many babies are named Chay each year?
Includes all spellings: Chay, Che. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Chay spelling rank?
Where does the Che spelling rank?
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 Chay most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Che, peaked in 1998, when 79 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Chay spelling itself peaked in 1997, with 54 babies.
How many people are called Chay?
At least 1,900 people named Chay in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Chay?
Most living Chays are between 15 and 30; the most common age is about 28. There is a second cluster around 10.
Is Chay becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak.