Chavis — #11085 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Chavis

The Social Security Administration has registered 901 babies named Chavis between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chavis currently holds the #11085 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chavis performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 291 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Chavis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 67 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Chavis in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chavis 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 901 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.