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Baby name
Chaim
Boy
Origin of the name
Chaim comes from the Hebrew hayim, “life.”
Rising name
12,072births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 607rank at its peak, in 2022
Where babies named Chaim are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Chaim is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Chaim is most common in New York (9.9 times) and New Jersey (7.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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