Chevy

Where Chevy comes from

The dictionaries list Chevy as a given name — a unisex given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1943
    Chevy Chase born
    American actor, comedian and writer
  2. 1973
    Chevy Stevens born
    Canadian author
  3. 1976
    First appearance
    #2,946 among boys, 13 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2014
    Peak, #906
    237 babies named Chevy — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2021
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,688.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name
Namesakes
  • Chevy Chase · American actor, comedian and writer, born 1943
  • Chevy Stevens · Canadian author, born 1973
  • Chevy Woods · American rapper, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.