Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chava

#3,071 most common girls' name of all time · #5,268 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1951–2025

Rank among girls
#3,071
Rank overall
#5,268 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
3,552
Since 2016
1,176
Peak year
2024 #1,403
Best rank
#1,403 2024
Girls Boys peak 160/yr
1960198020002020

Chava first appears in 1951. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 117 — 117 #1,740
2024 160 — 160 #1,403
2023 120 — 120 #1,714
2022 151 — 151 #1,465
2021 114 — 114 #1,784
2020 110 — 110 #1,797
2019 95 — 95 #2,023
2018 98 — 98 #2,004
2017 99 — 99 #1,996
2016 112 — 112 #1,849
2015 95 — 95 #2,069
2014 82 — 82 #2,277
2013 97 — 97 #2,010
2012 98 — 98 #1,992
2011 98 — 98 #2,008
2010 95 — 95 #2,085
2009 87 — 87 #2,253
2008 84 — 84 #2,323
2007 95 — 95 #2,126
2006 79 — 79 #2,385
2005 72 — 72 #2,440
2004 69 — 69 #2,460
2003 72 — 72 #2,332
2002 55 — 55 #2,762
2001 59 — 59 #2,580
2000 47 — 47 #2,988
1999 38 — 38 #3,334
1998 52 — 52 #2,625
1997 40 — 40 #2,992
1996 55 — 55 #2,385
1995 43 — 43 #2,807
1994 42 — 42 #2,859
1993 42 — 42 #2,849
1992 34 — 34 #3,289
1991 42 — 42 #2,811
1990 45 — 45 #2,618
1989 43 — 43 #2,640
1988 37 — 37 #2,835
1987 48 — 48 #2,252
1986 41 — 41 #2,445
1985 35 — 35 #2,726
1984 41 — 41 #2,365
1983 37 — 37 #2,494
1982 29 — 29 #3,061
1981 35 — 35 #2,639
1980 26 — 26 #3,264
1979 31 — 31 #2,828
1978 23 — 23 #3,332
1977 24 — 24 #3,229
1976 29 — 29 #2,698
1975 18 — 18 #3,708
1974 22 — 22 #3,166
1973 24 — 24 #2,879
1972 17 — 17 #3,660
1971 16 — 16 #3,893
1970 9 — 9 #5,623
1969 9 — 9 #5,292
1968 7 — 7 #5,966
1966 11 — 11 #4,125
1964 11 — 11 #4,275
1963 5 — 5 #7,193
1962 7 — 7 #5,692
1961 7 — 7 #5,681
1959 5 — 5 #6,860
1954 6 — 6 #5,659
1951 6 — 6 #5,360