Boys' name · since 1950
Chevis
Since 1950, U.S. Social Security records show 264 babies named Chevis, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,342 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 264
- born since 1950
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chevis is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 264 have been recorded since 1950.
Chevis has 264 recorded births among boys since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2013.
- #11,342 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 264 born since 1950
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chevis ranks #11,342 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 264 born since 1950, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,342 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 264
- born since 1950
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chevis's 264 recorded births place it above 75.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chevis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chevis's full recorded timeline at 1987, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chevis popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2013
- Peak year (1980)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Chevis popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 1980 (Chevis as girls' name)
Chevis by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (119 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Chevis's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Chevis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s
1980s
119 births
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 119 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Chevis's decade-level peak was the 1980s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chevis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1950–2013 (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 Chevis 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.