Chavez — #12537 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Chavez

The Social Security Administration has registered 868 babies named Chavez between 1953 and 2024, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chavez currently holds the #12537 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chavez performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 352 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Chavez shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Chavez in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chavez in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 868 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.