girls:
3.6k births since 1963
#2890 (49th percentile)
boys:
250 births since 1963
#4336 (5th percentile)
overall:
3.8k births since 1963
#4449 (43rd percentile)
The name Chevelle is the #4,449 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,817 recorded births since 1963. This represents the 42.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,890 (49.4% percentile) for all time with 3,567 births since 1963. For boys, it ranks #4,336 (5.4% percentile) for all time with 250 births since 1963.
Chevelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1963 .
The name Chevelle has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 93.2% of babies named Chevelle were girls.
For girls, Chevelle reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 23.8% percentile (ranked #720) with 127 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 127 births per million (ranked 23.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Chevelle ranks #843 for girls (11.0% percentile) with 62 births per million, which is 49.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Chevelle reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #862) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Chevelle ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 58.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chevelle".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Chevelle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.2% confident that Chevelle is pronounced as shuh-VEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is chuh-VEHL, at 10.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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