Chevy

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Peak · boys
2014 · 237 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,794
since 1976

Chevy over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #2,810, 2015peak #906, 2014girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,41023#1,547111
2024#5,44323#1,641103
2023#5,75221#1,78790
2022#4,58230#1,574112
2021#3,61442#1,68897
2020#3,54642#1,398124
2019#3,71840#1,271147
2018#3,67741#1,317138
2017#3,24749#1,272143
2016#3,46445#980208
2015#2,81062#966214
2014#3,48645#906237
2013#3,84939#1,028189
2012#3,64443#1,145160
2011#4,35333#1,209145
2010#3,88939#1,173156
2009#4,57132#1,278137
2008#4,88230#1,284135
2007#5,89523#1,412115
2006#7,86815#2,01066
2005#7,50015#1,98363
2004#7,82814#1,59382
2003#6,88516#1,59179
2002#7,81613#1,91658
2001#7,72413#2,27744
2000#9,8749#1,83058
1999#12,6886#2,16243
1998#14,1225#2,19941
1997#9,0179#1,85950
1996—#2,33234
1995#8,07910#1,98842
1994#7,60411#2,04140
1993—#2,45530
1992#10,4797#2,53228
1991#11,5096#2,60626
1990—#2,48827
1989—#2,35928
1988—#3,70513
1987—#3,73112
1986—#2,60120
1985#10,6775#2,17125
1984—#2,70617
1983—#4,1419
1982—#2,83116
1981—#3,60111
1980#10,3925#3,83810
1979#5,75111#2,04825
1978#8,5626#4,1578
1977#9,6525#2,79115
1976—#2,94613
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five boys were named Chevy! It came in at #2,946, and was given to 13 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

Where Chevy is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,133 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,259 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,113 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,039 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedINOhio: #1,111 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,756 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,299 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 12,534 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedMOKentucky: #708 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,107 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedARTennessee: #777 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,596 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedALGeorgia: #990 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,278 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedHITexas: #1,483 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 14,588 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Chevy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#708 · 1 in 4,107
  2. Tennessee#777 · 1 in 4,596
  3. Georgia#990 · 1 in 6,278
  4. Ohio#1,111 · 1 in 8,756
  5. Michigan#1,113 · 1 in 8,039

Best ever in a state: #249 in Arkansas, 2014.

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Kentucky#70851 in 4,107
Tennessee#77781 in 4,596
Georgia#99081 in 6,278
Ohio#1,11161 in 8,756
Michigan#1,11351 in 8,039
Illinois#1,13361 in 8,259
California#1,299141 in 12,534
Texas#1,483121 in 14,588
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Chevy
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 94 spots since 2024 (#1,641 → #1,547)
  • 149 spots since 2020 (#1,398 → #1,547)
  • Biggest jump: 122 spots in 2014
  • Biggest drop: 292 spots in 2017
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 2014 at #906 (237 births)
  • Births halved by 2021, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 2014–2016
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,105
  • Highest: 1 in 8,105 boys born in 2014 were named Chevy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,388 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 45.8% of all boys named Chevy (1,737) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s61#2,048 (1979)#2,986
1980s161#2,171 (1985)#3,168
1990s361#1,859 (1997)#2,266
2000s837#1,278 (2009)#1,717
2010s1,737#906 (2014)#1,127
2020s637#1,398 (2020)#1,606

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.

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