Chevy

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 191 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
191
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Chevy has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2016. Lower is more popular.
#888#977#1065201520162016#984

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YearUS rank
2015#969
2016#984

Chevy by the numbers

Chevy was given to 191 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 237 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Chevy

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Chevy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cheridear or beloved; form of Chère8 in the US (2017)
  • Cheveyospirit warrior; evoking ancestral power7 in the US (2017)
  • Chezkygod strengthens; diminutive of Ezekiel5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Chesky6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Chett7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Chevy

Names that are said the same way as Chevy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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