Chavela
Cerveza preparada is a Mexican drink of beer mixed with sauces, lemon, salt, hot sauce.
Meaning & Origin of Chavela
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cerveza preparada is a Mexican drink of beer mixed with sauces, lemon, salt, hot sauce.
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The Story of Chavela
American parents first put Chavela on the record books as a baby girl name in 1952, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1966, when 8 Chavelas were born — ranking #4,866 that year. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 33% of all recorded Chavelas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2006 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 120 Chavelas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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About the name Chavela
Chavela is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 120 births in the dataset. Chavela's peak popularity came in 1966 when it ranked #4,866. Use the chart and map above to compare Chavela's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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