Chayim
Haim can be a first name or surname originating in Hebrew or derived from the Old German name Haimo.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Chayim
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Haim can be a first name or surname originating in Hebrew or derived from the Old German name Haimo.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Chayim
Chayim first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1975, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 9 births, good for #8,145 nationwide. About 38% of every Chayim on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Chayim last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 134 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Chayim
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About the name Chayim
Chayim is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 134 births in the dataset. Chayim's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #8,145. Use the chart and map above to compare Chayim's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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