Girls' name · since 1977
Chavi
Since 1977, U.S. Social Security records show 106 babies named Chavi, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,461 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,020 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 106
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Chavi currently ranks #9020 among girls' names in America, with 106 babies recorded since 1977.
Chavi has 106 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9020 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #26,461 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,020 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 106 born since 1977
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chavi ranks #26,461 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,020 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 106 born since 1977, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,461 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,020 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 106
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Chavi's 106 recorded births place it above 63.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Chavi compares
106 26th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chavi's all-time total is 72% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chavi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 106 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chavi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chavi's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chavi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Chavi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (46 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Chavi's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Chavi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 46 births (43% of all-time use).
Chavi by state
Where Chavi concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 9.4% |
10 of 106 births nationwide.
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What to do with Chavi's data
- New York records the most Chavis (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chavi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Chavi 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.