Choya is a very rare variant of Chaya that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Choya is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1983. Choya first appears in 1951 and peaked in 1979 (11 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | — | #10,572 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #10,797 | — |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #9,330 | — |
| 1980 | 6 | — | — | #5,636 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | — | #3,603 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #5,746 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | — | #5,602 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | — | #4,589 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | — | #5,101 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | — | #4,821 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | — | #4,032 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | — | #3,911 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | — | #3,901 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | — | #3,421 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | — | #2,694 |