Chuy
Chuy is a city in the extreme east of Uruguay, in the Rocha Department, 340 kilometres (211 mi) northeast of Montevideo. It lies on the border with Brazil, separated from its Brazilian sister town of Chuí only by a shared avenue that serves as the border, and by the Arroyo Chuy (stream) to the east. Chuy's population was 9,675 in 2011.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Chuy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chuy is a city in the extreme east of Uruguay, in the Rocha Department, 340 kilometres (211 mi) northeast of Montevideo. It lies on the border with Brazil, separated from its Brazilian sister town of Chuí only by a shared avenue that serves as the border, and by the Arroyo Chuy (stream) to the east. Chuy's population was 9,675 in 2011.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Chuy
American parents first put Chuy on the record books as a baby boy name in 2002, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2002, when 6 Chuys were born — ranking #9,392 that year. Chuy last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Chuy
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Chuy. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Chucho
- Chus
- Jesús
- Josué
Names that sound like Chuy
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About the name Chuy
Chuy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Chuy's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #9,392. Use the chart and map above to compare Chuy'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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