Chavie — girls' name
103 babies named Chavie in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
103 girls have been named Chavie since 1978, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2022.
- 103
- total births
- 1978–2022
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
32% of everyone ever named Chavie was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Chavie in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chavie
The Social Security Administration has registered 103 babies named Chavie between 1978 and 2022, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chavie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chavie performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Chavie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 81 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chavie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chavie 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 103 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.
Chavie at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chavie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1978
- Peak year (1990)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
103 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 8 births in a single year.
Chavie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 33 births that decade — 32% of Chavie's all-time total
Chavie decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chavie's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Chavie by state
Where Chavie concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 81 | 78.6% |
81 of 103 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 78.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 78.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.