girls:
3.3k births since 1951
#3025 (47th percentile)
overall:
3.3k births since 1951
#4771 (38th percentile)
The name Chava is the #4,771 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,275 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 38.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 38.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,025 (47.1% percentile) for all time with 3,275 births since 1951.
Chava first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (first recorded for girls in 1951). Birth data for Chava is available in 64 out of the 73 years between 1951 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Chava reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 15.3% percentile (ranked #812) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 84 births per million (ranked 15.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Chava ranks #832 for girls (12.2% percentile) with 69 births per million, which is 81.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chava".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Chava. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.0% confident that Chava is pronounced as CHAH-vuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAH-vuh, at 27.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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