# Chavi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chavi/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “persona”, “image” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Chhavi |
| US babies named this | 106 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 106 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 137, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit छवि (chavi, “persona, image”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5 | 9,870 |
| 2004 | 5 | 16,639 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,109 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,647 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,460 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,104 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,366 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,896 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,198 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,722 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,712 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,844 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,414 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,338 |
| 2025 | 11 | 8,983 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: छवि

## 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.