Girls' name · since 1952
Chavela
120 babies named Chavela in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,089 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 120
- born since 1952
- 1970s
- peak decade
120 girls have been named Chavela since 1952, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chavela has 120 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2006.
- #25,089 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 120 born since 1952
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chavela ranks #25,089 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 120 born since 1952, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,089 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 120
- born since 1952
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chavela's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chavela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chavela splits its recorded history at 1977: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1966 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chavela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2006
- Peak year (1966)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Chavela by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (40 births, 33% of the file).
1970s was Chavela's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Chavela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
23 births
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 40 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Chavela's data
- Chavela's decade-level peak was the 1970s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chavela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1952–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chavela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.