Chaya
Chaya is a distinctive choice, ranked #705 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Chaya in their class.
About the Name Chaya
Chaya is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 121 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #657 in 2023 โ and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Chaya is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Chaya in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #599, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
โญ Famous People Named Chaya
- Chaya More โ Chaya More is an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh.
- Masazumi Chaya โ Masazumi Chaya is a Japanese American dancer and choreographer.
- Chaya Czernowin โ Chaya Czernowin (Hebrew: ืืื ืฆ'ืจื ืืืื, Hebrew pronunciation: [หฯaja tอกสษสหnobin]; born December 7, 1957) is an Israeli American composer and Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music at Harvard University.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Chaya
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Chaya
Almost certainly the only Chaya in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
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