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Chevy

#1,547 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Chevy has been given to 4,677 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #1,547 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 237 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% boys, 19% girls all-time.

Babies named Chevy, 2025

1 in 29,900

Chevy over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Chevy over time

In 2025, Chevy went to 17% girls and 83% boys.

19762025

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.

Chevy: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chevy means

Chevy is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Chevy is used in English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Chevy is pronounced /ˈʃɛvi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,794 boys were recorded with the name Chevy between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 237 in 2014; its best national rank was #906 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,399 in 2020 to #1,547 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #969 in 2015 to #1,547 in 2025.

In the United States, 883 girls were recorded with the name Chevy between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 62 in 2015; its best national rank was #2,816 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,559 in 2020 to #5,441 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,816 in 2015 to #5,441 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Chevy?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 29,900
111 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 15,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,547
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
20,703 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Chevy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 20,703 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chevy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chevys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chevy was born before 2013 — so the typical Chevy is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
45.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
83.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,794
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 45.8% of all recorded uses (1,737).

Is Chevy 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
+95
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−148
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−578
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.52×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
46.8%
Peak was 2014 (237)
Years since peak
11
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#906
2014

Spellings of Chevy

Chevy is not the most common spelling — Chet is, with 27.9% against Chevy's 17.1%.

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 Chevy is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Chevy was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 3,571 boys, against 1 in 13,577 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 100,000).

128 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 3,571
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 4,000
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 4,762
  4. 4Missouri1 in 5,263
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 5,263
  6. 6Georgia1 in 8,333
  7. 7Alabama1 in 9,091
  8. 8Indiana1 in 10,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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.

Where Chevy is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Chevy was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 513,748 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Indiana1 in —
  5. 5Kentucky1 in —
  6. 6Missouri1 in —
  7. 7New York1 in —
  8. 8Tennessee1 in —

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. Chevy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Chevy around the world

Where Chevy 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
    2016–2016
    #4,810
    in 2016
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1985–2013
    #389
    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 Chevy

People whose public names include Chevy, 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.

Chevy by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,547
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 148
Best rank ever
#906
2014
Peak year
2014
237 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,794
Count in 2025
111

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,441
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,882
Best rank ever
#2,816
2015
Peak year
2015
62 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
883
Count in 2025
23

Names similar to Chevy

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

ChetChengChesleyLevyCheChettCheikhCheskyChetanChestonCheskelCherylCheyneCheickCheyenneCheeChevisCherifChelseaChevelleChezkyChesterChenCherry

Names with a curve like Chevy

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

YoussefCorbynKarsenKyranBrysenDashiellAbdulrahmanOskarCormacKoltenViktorAleksander

Sibling names for Chevy

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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