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.

Chavez

#5,183 most common boys' name of all time · #12,858 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1953–2025

Rank among boys
#5,183
Rank overall
#12,858 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
881
Since 2016
76
Peak year
1992 #1,507
Best rank
#1,507 1992
Girls Boys peak 60/yr
1960198020002020

Chavez first appears in 1953. 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 — 5 5 #12,261
2024 — 5 5 #12,605
2023 — 6 6 #11,045
2022 — 5 5 #12,606
2021 — 10 10 #7,696
2020 — 10 10 #7,621
2019 — 13 13 #6,487
2017 — 11 11 #7,190
2016 — 11 11 #7,243
2015 — 9 9 #8,190
2014 — 14 14 #6,062
2013 — 13 13 #6,311
2012 — 11 11 #7,141
2011 — 9 9 #8,202
2010 — 11 11 #7,181
2009 — 18 18 #5,148
2008 — 23 23 #4,305
2007 — 11 11 #7,204
2006 — 18 18 #4,920
2005 — 11 11 #6,746
2004 — 15 15 #5,303
2003 — 19 19 #4,315
2002 — 15 15 #4,980
2001 — 12 12 #5,759
2000 — 29 29 #3,025
1999 — 14 14 #4,843
1998 — 22 22 #3,429
1997 — 20 20 #3,508
1996 — 22 22 #3,240
1995 — 29 29 #2,578
1994 — 41 41 #2,028
1993 — 53 53 #1,672
1992 — 60 60 #1,507
1991 — 53 53 #1,602
1990 — 38 38 #1,993
1989 8 27 35 #2,436
1988 — 15 15 #3,436
1987 — 13 13 #3,610
1986 — 12 12 #3,755
1985 — 11 11 #3,925
1984 — 6 6 #5,871
1983 — 5 5 #6,626
1982 — 8 8 #4,778
1981 — 18 18 #2,630
1980 — 8 8 #4,693
1979 — 8 8 #4,613
1978 — 7 7 #4,778
1977 — 8 8 #4,371
1976 — 8 8 #4,230
1975 — 10 10 #3,564
1974 — 8 8 #4,029
1973 — 9 9 #3,590
1972 — 7 7 #4,226
1971 — 7 7 #4,221
1969 — 6 6 #4,261
1953 — 6 6 #3,774