Is Chavis a boy or girl name?

Chavis is a boy’s name. Of the 901 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Chavis

Recorded 1957–2024 · United States

Chavis was most popular in 1980, when 41 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,686 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 901 people named Chavis.

Chavis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Chavis’s peak in 1980. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Chavis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Chavis is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 901 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Chavis

Where Chavis is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

North Carolina 20.1×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org