Chavez
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHAH-vez
- Origin
- Portuguese
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Chavez is a boys' name of Portuguese origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Chavez mean?
Portuguese: Spanish surname from the Portuguese town of Chaves
Labour leader Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) co-founded the United Farm Workers union in the US.
Is Chavez a girl's or a boy's name?
Chavez is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chavez in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Chavez, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.
Half of all the boys named Chavez in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chavez in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,007 |
| 1993 | 53 | #1,657 |
| 1992 | 60 | #1,500 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,583 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 27 | #2,410 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
Names like Chavez
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cortez, Marquez, Josue, Cruz, Luca, Cooper, Pablo, Luis, Cesar, Cade, Miguel, Connor
Names related to Chavez
More Portuguese names
Zaire, Lua, Vasco, Romario, Sereia, Luar, Diogo, Evora, Brazil, Aires, Mariaalice, Marques, Tavares, Anajulia, Tavaris, Joia
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chavez: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chavez, updated 20 October 2026.