Girls' name · since 1982
Chavy
Chavy has 640 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,098 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,937 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 640
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
640 babies have been named Chavy since 1982, making it today's #3937 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chavy has been recorded 640 times among girls since 1982, currently ranked #3937 nationally and more common than 77% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #10,098 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,937 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 640 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chavy ranks #10,098 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,937 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 640 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,098 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,937 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 640
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Chavy's 640 recorded births place it above 86.03% 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 Chavy compares
640 Top 40% higher than 60% of 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
Chavy's all-time total is 70% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chavy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 640 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chavy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chavy splits its recorded history at 2008: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1982 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 38 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chavy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Chavy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (248 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Chavy's strongest decade.
248 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Chavy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 50
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
141 births
- 2010s
2010s
248 births
- 2020s
2020s
189 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 248 births (39% of all-time use).
How Chavy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Chavy's total volume
Chavy by state
Where Chavy concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 332 | 51.9% |
332 of 640 births nationwide.
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What to do with Chavy's data
- Chavy's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (248 total births) through the 2020s (189) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Chavys (332 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 Chavy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Chavy 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.