Chevelle
#1,911 for girls in 2025, 101 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 93.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 234 births
- Debut · girls
- 49 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,790since 1963
Chevelle over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,911 | 101 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #1,753 | 115 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #1,837 | 109 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #1,521 | 141 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #1,739 | 118 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #1,373 | 158 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #1,075 | 234 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #1,609 | 133 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #1,545 | 142 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #1,403 | 166 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #1,600 | 134 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #1,399 | 164 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #1,570 | 137 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #1,469 | 154 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #1,748 | 117 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #1,897 | 106 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #1,979 | 105 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #2,206 | 90 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #2,198 | 90 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #2,512 | 73 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #2,553 | 67 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #2,927 | 54 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #2,800 | 55 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,703 | 35 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #3,569 | 34 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,354 | 32 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,024 | 35 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,905 | 38 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,952 | 35 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #1,211 | 83 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,623 | 49 | #3,646 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Chevelle! It came in at #1,623, and was given to 49 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1977, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Chevelle is popular in 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arizona#1,070 · 1 in 6,381
- Pennsylvania#1,161 · 1 in 9,223
- California#2,133 · 1 in 21,343
Best ever in a state: #150 in Montana, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arizona | #1,070 | 6 | 1 in 6,381 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,161 | 6 | 1 in 9,223 |
| California | #2,133 | 11 | 1 in 21,343 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Chevelle
- 158 spots since 2024 (#1,753 → #1,911)
- 538 spots since 2020 (#1,373 → #1,911)
- 311 spots since 2015 (#1,600 → #1,911)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2019 at #1,075 (234 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 7,173 girls born in 2019 were named Chevelle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,914 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 39.2% of all girls named Chevelle (1,487) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 304 | #1,211 (1964) | #1,907 |
| 1970s | 195 | #2,296 (1971) | #4,120 |
| 1980s | 187 | #3,477 (1989) | #4,381 |
| 1990s | 255 | #3,569 (1999) | #4,153 |
| 2000s | 620 | #1,979 (2009) | #3,024 |
| 2010s | 1,487 | #1,075 (2019) | #1,532 |
| 2020s | 742 | #1,373 (2020) | #1,689 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Chevelle in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 26,044 of them was named Chevelle, which outranked 87.5% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,485Tasha74
- #2,485Yaquelin74
- #2,485Zykeria74
- #2,512Chevelle73
- #2,512Bertha73
- #2,512Brie73
- #2,512Chloey73
- #2,538Adaline72
- #2,538Arrianna72
- #2,538Deonna72
Tied with 25 names at #2,512; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 293,610 of them was named Chevelle, which outranked 31.8% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,732Zedrick8
- #8,732Zi8
- #8,732Zohair8
- #9,585Chevelle7
- #9,585Aadon7
- #9,585Aahil7
- #9,585Abass7
- #10,662Aaris6
- #10,662Aashir6
- #10,662Abad6
Tied with 1,076 names at #9,585; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.