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Chevelle

#1,912 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Chevelle has been given to 4,057 babies in the U.S. since 1963. In 2025 it ranked #1,912 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 234 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Chevelle, 2025

1 in 32,800

Chevelle over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Chevelle over time

In 2025, Chevelle went to 92% girls and 8% boys.

19632025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Chevelle: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chevelle means

Chevelle is a given name.

The naming story behind Chevelle

Wikidata records Chevelle as a given name. The entity identifier is Q104836743, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,790 girls were recorded with the name Chevelle between 1963 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 234 in 2019; its best national rank was #1,075 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,376 in 2020 to #1,912 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,601 in 2015 to #1,912 in 2025.

In the United States, 267 boys were recorded with the name Chevelle between 1963 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2005; its best national rank was #3,286 in 1965.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,751 in 2020 to #8,374 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,739 in 2015 to #8,374 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Chevelle?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 32,800
101 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 15,900
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,912
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
22,753 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Chevelle sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 22,753 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chevelle. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chevelles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chevelle was born before 2012 — so the typical Chevelle is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
74.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,790
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.2% of all recorded uses (1,487).

Is Chevelle rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−158
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−536
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−311
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.75×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
43.2%
Peak was 2019 (234)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,075
2019

Spellings of Chevelle

Chevelle is not the most common spelling — Chanelle is, with 39.1% against Chevelle's 28.4%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Chevelle is used

Across 2016–2025, Chevelle was most concentrated in Montana — about 1 in 2,222 girls, against 1 in 13,151 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).

145 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Montana1 in 2,222
  2. 2New Mexico1 in 2,326
  3. 3Missouri1 in 4,000
  4. 4Idaho1 in 4,348
  5. 5Kentucky1 in 4,762
  6. 6Indiana1 in 5,000
  7. 7Arizona1 in 5,556
  8. 8Washington1 in 6,250

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Chevelle around the world

Where Chevelle ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2009
    #4,564
    in 2009
  • Canada
    2007–2024
    #2,710
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1993–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Chevelle

People whose public names include Chevelle, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Chevelle by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,912
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 536
Best rank ever
#1,075
2019
Peak year
2019
234 that year
First recorded
1963
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,790
Count in 2025
101

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,374
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,377
Best rank ever
#3,286
1965
Peak year
2005
16 that year
First recorded
1963
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
267
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Chevelle

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CherelleChenelleCherrelleCherokeeChenilleCherilynChesneyChelleCheyanneMarielleAbrielleIzabelleShanelleCheyannChelsiChanelleMarcelleNichelleChelsyDanyelleJeanelleArabelleMaybelleTennille

Names with a curve like Chevelle

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Chevelle, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LeelaLaynaRaleighKlaraEllyHonorGentryMelaniaGittyKarolineJudeAvril

Sibling names for Chevelle

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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