# Chava (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chava/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “eve” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,552 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,552 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 227, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá, “Eve”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 98 | 2,001 |
| 2012 | 98 | 1,985 |
| 2013 | 97 | 2,005 |
| 2014 | 82 | 2,273 |
| 2015 | 95 | 2,062 |
| 2016 | 112 | 1,842 |
| 2017 | 99 | 1,994 |
| 2018 | 98 | 1,999 |
| 2019 | 95 | 2,014 |
| 2020 | 110 | 1,795 |
| 2021 | 114 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 151 | 1,465 |
| 2023 | 120 | 1,713 |
| 2024 | 160 | 1,399 |
| 2025 | 117 | 1,737 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,892 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.