girls:
837 births since 1977
#4879 (15th percentile)
boys:
3.6k births since 1976
#2080 (55th percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1976
#4115 (47th percentile)
The name Chevy is the #4,115 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,411 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 46.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,080 (54.6% percentile) for all time with 3,574 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #4,879 (14.6% percentile) for all time with 837 births since 1977.
Chevy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 1977 for girls).
The name Chevy has been given predominantly to boys, with 81.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 80.9% of babies named Chevy were boys.
For boys, Chevy reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 25.1% percentile (ranked #677) with 116 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 116 births per million (ranked 25.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Chevy ranks #827 for boys (9.2% percentile) with 49 births per million, which is 42.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Chevy reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #903) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 32 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Chevy ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 37.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chevy".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Chevy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Chevy is pronounced as SHEH-vee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHEH-vee, at 50.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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