Chava Girl
How popular is Chava?
#1,733 girl name in 2025
117 baby girls were named Chava in the US in 2025, making it the 1733rd most popular girl name.
Chava popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,733 for girls (▼ 335 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 117 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+23% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,060 in 2015, #1,792 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (160 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,398 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1951 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Chava counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Chava family of names ranked #1,376 for girls in 2025 (#1,177 the year before), with 122 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chava | 117 | 96% |
| Chavah | 5 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Chava is most popular
Babies named Chava per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 1.4 per 1,000 (259 girls)
- New York: 0.8 per 1,000 (311 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Chava by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 17 | #4,832 |
| 1960s | 57 | #3,958 |
| 1970s | 213 | #2,663 |
| 1980s | 372 | #2,234 |
| 1990s | 433 | #2,369 |
| 2000s | 719 | #2,117 |
| 2010s | 969 | #1,841 |
| 2020s | 772 | #1,398 |
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Questions
- Is Chava a boy or girl name?
- Chava is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Chava were girls.
- How popular is the name Chava?
- 117 baby girls were named Chava in the US in 2025, making it the 1733rd most popular girl name.
- When was Chava most popular?
- Chava peaked in 2024, when 160 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,398 in 2024.
- How many people are named Chava?
- 3,552 babies have been named Chava in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,501 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Chava most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Chava was most common in New Jersey, at 1.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.