Fun Facts About the Name Chevy
- More than 4 thousand babies named Chevy: U.S. records list 4,672 babies given the name Chevy from 1880 through 2025. Even 883 girls received the name Chevy - about 1 girl for every 4 boys.
What Does the Name Chevy Mean?
Chevy is chiefly a shortened, informal form of the French surname Chevrolet, which means "little goat." The surname comes from Old French chievre (also written chevre), "goat," with a diminutive ending. As a surname it began as a byname, most likely for someone who kept goats or who came from a place associated with them.
A separate Chevy appears in the old border ballad "Chevy Chase." That title is generally traced to the French chevauchée, "a ride on horseback, a mounted raid," which describes the English-Scottish border warfare the ballad recounts. This use is not related to the Chevrolet surname, so the two names look alike but do not share an origin.
Chevy Name History & Origins
The Chevrolet surname was borne by Louis Chevrolet (1878 - 1941), a Swiss-born racing driver who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Company in 1911. His family name was French-Swiss. The automobile make made both Chevrolet and its clipped form Chevy widely familiar in the United States, and "Chevy" became the ordinary spoken nickname for the cars.
As a personal name, Chevy is mainly a twentieth-century American usage, taken either from the surname or from the car make as an informal given name or nickname. The actor Chevy Chase (born 1943) took his nickname from the ballad "Chevy Chase" rather than from the car; his birth names were Cornelius Crane. That ballad recounts a clash between English and Scottish forces on the border, traditionally linked to the Battle of Otterburn in 1388, and it was long well known in both England and Scotland - Sir Philip Sidney praised the old song of Percy and Douglas in his Defence of Poesy. The ballad's title word and the surname Chevrolet therefore reached the same spelling by different routes.
How Popular is the Name Chevy?
Chevy recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2014. Its best rank was #906 in 2014.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,442 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2024 | #5,462 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2023 | #5,790 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2022 | #4,607 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2021 | #3,628 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2020 | #3,559 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2019 | #3,731 | 40 | 0.0024% |
| 2018 | #3,689 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 2017 | #3,254 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 2016 | #3,475 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2015 | #2,815 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2014 | #3,500 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2013 | #3,867 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2012 | #3,656 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 2011 | #4,383 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2010 | #3,903 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2009 | #4,593 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2008 | #4,921 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2007 | #5,942 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #7,960 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #7,591 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #7,921 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #6,954 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #7,918 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #7,828 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #10,063 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #13,013 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #14,608 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #9,167 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #8,209 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #7,706 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #10,706 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #11,796 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #10,972 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #10,670 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #5,815 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #8,737 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #9,885 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,547 | 111 | 0.0065% |
| 2024 | #1,660 | 101 | 0.0059% |
| 2023 | #1,801 | 89 | 0.0052% |
| 2022 | #1,589 | 111 | 0.0064% |
| 2021 | #1,688 | 97 | 0.0055% |
| 2020 | #1,406 | 123 | 0.0071% |
| 2019 | #1,270 | 147 | 0.0082% |
| 2018 | #1,321 | 138 | 0.0076% |
| 2017 | #1,270 | 143 | 0.0077% |
| 2016 | #980 | 208 | 0.0110% |
| 2015 | #968 | 214 | 0.0112% |
| 2014 | #906 | 237 | 0.0123% |
| 2013 | #1,028 | 189 | 0.0100% |
| 2012 | #1,145 | 160 | 0.0084% |
| 2011 | #1,209 | 145 | 0.0076% |
| 2010 | #1,173 | 156 | 0.0081% |
| 2009 | #1,281 | 137 | 0.0069% |
| 2008 | #1,287 | 135 | 0.0066% |
| 2007 | #1,413 | 115 | 0.0055% |
| 2006 | #2,015 | 66 | 0.0032% |
| 2005 | #1,987 | 63 | 0.0032% |
| 2004 | #1,594 | 82 | 0.0041% |
| 2003 | #1,599 | 79 | 0.0040% |
| 2002 | #1,922 | 58 | 0.0030% |
| 2001 | #2,282 | 44 | 0.0023% |
| 2000 | #1,834 | 58 | 0.0030% |
| 1999 | #2,172 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 1998 | #2,208 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 1997 | #1,863 | 50 | 0.0027% |
| 1996 | #2,337 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1995 | #1,994 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 1994 | #2,051 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 1993 | #2,461 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1992 | #2,546 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1991 | #2,619 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 1990 | #2,496 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 1989 | #2,369 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1988 | #3,740 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #3,763 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #2,613 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1985 | #2,179 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1984 | #2,716 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #4,185 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #2,855 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1981 | #3,647 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #3,890 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #2,054 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 1978 | #4,223 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #2,805 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1976 | #2,969 | 13 | 0.0008% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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