Chaim is an established boys' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2022.
Chaim is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #666 for boy births in the United States (and #1,347 across all names), given to 411 babies. Chaim first appears in 1942 and peaked in 2022 (462 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 411 | 411 | — | #666 |
| 2024 | 399 | 399 | — | #682 |
| 2023 | 444 | 444 | — | #626 |
| 2022 | 462 | 462 | — | #607 |
| 2021 | 383 | 383 | — | #694 |
| 2020 | 386 | 386 | — | #673 |
| 2019 | 360 | 360 | — | #699 |
| 2018 | 314 | 314 | — | #751 |
| 2017 | 347 | 347 | — | #706 |
| 2016 | 326 | 326 | — | #749 |
| 2015 | 347 | 347 | — | #715 |
| 2014 | 291 | 291 | — | #790 |
| 2013 | 341 | 341 | — | #700 |
| 2012 | 339 | 339 | — | #701 |
| 2011 | 299 | 299 | — | #757 |
| 2010 | 245 | 245 | — | #859 |
| 2009 | 270 | 270 | — | #818 |
| 2008 | 273 | 273 | — | #804 |
| 2007 | 275 | 275 | — | #787 |
| 2006 | 237 | 237 | — | #847 |
| 2005 | 239 | 239 | — | #803 |
| 2004 | 213 | 213 | — | #836 |
| 2003 | 213 | 213 | — | #823 |
| 2002 | 184 | 184 | — | #886 |
| 2001 | 174 | 174 | — | #902 |
| 2000 | 182 | 182 | — | #870 |
| 1999 | 179 | 179 | — | #845 |
| 1998 | 191 | 191 | — | #801 |
| 1997 | 172 | — | — | #836 |
| 1996 | 162 | — | — | #856 |
| 1995 | 130 | — | — | #972 |
| 1994 | 142 | — | — | #920 |
| 1993 | 148 | — | — | #876 |
| 1992 | 131 | — | — | #931 |
| 1991 | 127 | — | — | #941 |
| 1990 | 132 | — | — | #893 |
| 1989 | 144 | — | — | #830 |
| 1988 | 137 | — | — | #809 |
| 1987 | 114 | — | — | #875 |
| 1986 | 85 | — | — | #1,003 |
| 1985 | 115 | — | #9,475 | #867 |
| 1984 | 114 | — | — | #818 |
| 1983 | 98 | — | — | #889 |
| 1982 | 93 | — | — | #927 |
| 1981 | 104 | — | — | #871 |
| 1980 | 69 | — | — | #1,090 |
| 1979 | 99 | — | — | #876 |
| 1978 | 98 | — | — | #869 |
| 1977 | 82 | — | — | #939 |
| 1976 | 84 | — | — | #906 |
| 1975 | 76 | — | — | #939 |
| 1974 | 70 | — | — | #978 |
| 1973 | 72 | — | — | #950 |
| 1972 | 79 | — | — | #901 |
| 1971 | 42 | — | — | #1,295 |
| 1970 | 54 | — | — | #1,117 |
| 1969 | 40 | — | — | #1,253 |
| 1968 | 41 | — | — | #1,191 |
| 1967 | 29 | — | — | #1,413 |
| 1966 | 37 | — | — | #1,240 |
| 1965 | 25 | — | — | #1,565 |
| 1964 | 24 | — | — | #1,622 |
| 1963 | 25 | — | — | #1,594 |
| 1962 | 27 | — | — | #1,520 |
| 1961 | 51 | — | — | #1,098 |
| 1960 | 62 | — | — | #966 |
| 1959 | 62 | — | — | #977 |
| 1958 | 57 | — | — | #1,008 |
| 1957 | 51 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1956 | 37 | — | — | #1,260 |
| 1955 | 29 | — | — | #1,422 |
| 1954 | 25 | — | — | #1,531 |
| 1953 | 31 | — | — | #1,360 |
| 1952 | 24 | — | — | #1,552 |
| 1951 | 21 | — | — | #1,650 |
| 1950 | 17 | — | — | #1,828 |
| 1949 | 17 | — | — | #1,830 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | — | #2,345 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | — | #2,689 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | — | #2,167 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | — | #3,395 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | — | #3,501 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | — | #2,972 |