girls:
8 births since 1989
#5708 (0th percentile)
boys:
863 births since 1953
#3724 (19th percentile)
overall:
871 births since 1953
#6868 (11th percentile)
The name Chavez is the #6,868 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 871 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 11.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,724 (18.7% percentile) for all time with 863 births since 1953. For girls, it ranks #5,708 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 8 births since 1989.
Chavez first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (1953 for boys and 1989 for girls). Birth data for Chavez is available in 54 out of the 71 years between 1953 and 2023 (54 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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.
The name Chavez has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Chavez reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 7.2% percentile (ranked #715) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 29 births per million (ranked 7.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Chavez ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 11.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Chavez reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #818) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chavez".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Chavez. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 27.1% confident that Chavez is pronounced as SHAH-vehz, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHAH-vehz, at 24.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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