Chavis
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 41 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 901since 1957
Chavis over time
Rank among boys' names. Chavis has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
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| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #5,433 | 16 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1994 | #2,392 | 32 |
| 1993 | #2,007 | 40 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #1,952 | 39 |
| 1990 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #2,206 | 31 |
| 1988 | #1,989 | 32 |
| 1987 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #2,057 | 28 |
| 1985 | #1,764 | 34 |
| 1984 | #1,690 | 34 |
| 1983 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | #2,111 | 25 |
| 1981 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #1,496 | 41 |
| 1979 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
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| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Chavis! It came in at #3,552, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1969, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Chavis is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#622 · 1 in 7,674
Best ever in a state: #362 in South Carolina, 1980.
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| North Carolina | #622 | 6 | 1 in 7,674 |
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See more about Chavis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1980 at #1,496 (41 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 43,511 boys born in 1980 were named Chavis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 32.3% of all boys named Chavis (291) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #3,552 (1957) | #3,552 |
| 1960s | 10 | #4,136 (1968) | #4,270 |
| 1970s | 124 | #2,157 (1979) | #3,001 |
| 1980s | 291 | #1,496 (1980) | #2,032 |
| 1990s | 245 | #1,952 (1991) | #3,213 |
| 2000s | 139 | #3,617 (2001) | #5,901 |
| 2010s | 74 | #5,433 (2011) | #9,323 |
| 2020s | 12 | #10,605 (2020) | #10,772 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Chavis in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 51,803 of them was named Chavis, which outranked 79.8% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,919Tajh40
- #1,919Tyrie40
- #1,919Zacharia40
- #1,952Chavis39
- #1,952Carlin39
- #1,952Charleston39
- #1,952Cori39
- #1,983Ashwin38
- #1,983Avi38
- #1,983Bakari38
Tied with 30 names at #1,952; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.