Chayim
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Chayim is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country, where it is the 59th most common given name. Recorded meaning: L pers. name, Hebrew.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 242as חיים(inferred from the name graph)
- QAQatar≈1 in 333as חיים
- RORomania≈1 in 592as חיים
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Chayim itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Romania (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 273 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 242 (inferred from the name graph)
≈36,000 named חיים, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Israel, est., as חיים
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled חיים in IL Israel, LB Lebanon, RO Romania and 3 more and Chaim in US United States.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(inferred from the name graph)
L pers. name, Hebrew
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Chayim counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO Romania | #59 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 592 | — | חיים | 7 |
| IL Israel | #12 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 242 | 7.3K | חיים | 83 |
| MA Morocco | #130 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | חיים | 9 |
| US United States | — | 8,326as Chaim | 1 in 40K | 8.3K | Chaim | 273 |
| QA Qatar | #14 | ≈7,300 est. | ≈1 in 333 | — | חיים | 1 |
| BG Bulgaria | #269 | ≈5,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | חיים | 4 |
| LB Lebanon | #41 | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | חיים | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Chaim Weizmannb. 1874ILIsraeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
- Chaim Jacob Lipchitzb. 1891LTAmerican and French sculptor (1891–1973)
- Chaïm Soutineb. 1893FRBelarusian-French painter (1893–1943)
- Haim Arlosoroffb. 1899UAnot in their usual nameZionist leader (1899–1933)
- Chaim Herzogb. 1918IL6th President of Israel (1983–1993) – (born1918–1997)
- Chaim Laskovb. 1919IL5th Chief of General Staff of Israel Defence Forces (1919–1982)
- Haim Ginottb. 1922ILnot in their usual namepsychologist (1922–1973)
- Haim Bar-Levb. 1924ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli military officer and politician (1924-1994)
- Gene Simmonsb. 1949USnot in their usual nameIsraeli-American musician and songwriter (born 1949)
- Chaim Ramonb. 1950ILIsraeli politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 150 | #44,702 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1998 | 6 | — |
Reference works 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Chayim mean?
- Recorded meaning: L pers. name, Hebrew
- Is Chayim a male or female name?
- Chayim is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Chayim?
- In the etymology graph, Haim, Chaim and Hayim are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Chayim have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 36 thousand people named חיים in Romania, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Chayim?
- In the United States, the national register counted 8,326 people named Chaim in 2020, about 1 in 40 thousand residents.
- How common is Chayim compared with other names?
- In Romania, Chayim is the 59th most common given name of 34,167 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/chayimThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chayim” — the 59th most common given name in Romania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.