Chevon
Feminine
Chevon is given to both — 555 girls and 63 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Chevon is a two-syllable name with a French-looking ch and a soft end, given almost entirely to girls. It sounds like the Irish Siobhan said in English, and it is also a word most people have never heard.
How old is the name Chevon?
Chevon first appears in US birth records in 1964 — 61 years ago. The typical Chevon alive today was born around 1981, making them about 44 years old. About 500 people named Chevon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Chevon most popular?
Chevon peaked in 1979, reaching #1517 nationally. See the whole 1979 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Chevon
Chevon has a little-known life in American English: goat farmers and butchers adopted it as a market name for goat meat, built from French chèvre, goat, the way mutton and beef came from French. Very few people know the word, and the name almost certainly came from somewhere else, most likely the sound of Siobhan, the Irish Joan. It has the soft, French look that American parents loved, and it is complete as it is.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source records the origin of Chevon as a name. It may represent the Irish Siobhan as English speakers hear it, or be a build near Chevonne, but no record says so.
Pronouncing Chevon
shuh-VAWN
Stress on the second syllable, like Siobhan.
Nicknames for Chevon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1964
- Most girls named
- 197977 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1517reached in 1979
- Change vs 1997
- −28.6%5 in 2000, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Chevons among us
people named Chevon are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Chevon sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It has a soft, elegant sound.
- It is rare, so she will seldom share it.
- Anyone who knows goat farming or butchery will recognize the word for goat meat.
- People will read the ch as in chess and say CHEV-on.
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Frequently asked
- How many Chevons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Chevon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Chevon in 2025?
- Chevon is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Chevon with classmates?
- Chevon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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