Chava
Girl · HAH-va · Hebrew
Chava is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “life, living”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 1,733rd for girls in the US (117 babies).
What does Chava mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Eve
“life, living”
The Hebrew form of Eve, the first woman in the Book of Genesis.
- Say it
- HAH-va
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Is Chava a girl's or a boy's name?
Chava is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 117 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chava in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Chava, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th.
2025 had the most girls named Chava of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Chava in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Chava in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Chava in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,733among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 117about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 117 girls in the US were named Chava, making it the 1,733rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,792nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 160 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Chava in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 122 girls in the US were given Chava or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,478, up from #1,733 for this spelling alone.
- Chava 117
- Chavah 5
Chava in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #1,733 |
| 2024 | 160 | #1,398 |
| 2023 | 120 | #1,709 |
| 2022 | 151 | #1,463 |
| 2021 | 114 | #1,780 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,792 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,011 |
| 2018 | 98 | #1,997 |
| 2017 | 99 | #1,989 |
| 2016 | 112 | #1,841 |
| 2015 | 95 | #2,060 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,267 |
| 2013 | 97 | #2,002 |
| 2012 | 98 | #1,983 |
| 2011 | 98 | #2,000 |
| 2010 | 95 | #2,077 |
| 2009 | 87 | #2,244 |
| 2008 | 84 | #2,318 |
| 2007 | 95 | #2,117 |
| 2006 | 79 | #2,375 |
| 2005 | 72 | #2,432 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 72 | #2,318 |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,741 |
| 2001 | 59 | #2,567 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,611 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 55 | #2,369 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 42 | #2,843 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,595 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,613 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 41 | #2,339 |
| 1983 | 37 | #2,474 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,016 |
| 1981 | 35 | #2,614 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
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