Chadwick

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#272
1975 · 707 births
Debut · boys
1914
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,276
since 1914

Chadwick over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Chadwick has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #272, 1975boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,13925
2024—#4,20025
2023—#3,41634
2022—#2,61651
2021—#2,97241
2020—#3,57030
2019—#4,80620
2018—#2,99439
2017—#3,78128
2016—#5,12418
2015—#2,96639
2014—#3,37132
2013—#3,33932
2012—#3,23134
2011—#3,23534
2010—#3,30833
2009—#2,62347
2008—#2,75344
2007—#2,64346
2006—#2,39851
2005—#2,12957
2004—#1,70175
2003—#1,63077
2002—#1,57178
2001—#1,48182
2000—#1,51479
1999—#1,235101
1998—#1,24697
1997—#1,027124
1996—#985127
1995—#862157
1994—#917142
1993—#800175
1992—#704213
1991—#650244
1990—#593282
1989—#529328
1988—#497336
1987#11,3255#454383
1986—#503303
1985—#520282
1984—#477309
1983—#480309
1982—#435371
1981—#419392
1980—#395425
1979—#331551
1978—#340517
1977#9,6525#318586
1976—#297619
1975#7,1737#272707
1974—#303609
1973—#311565
1972#8,2925#301619
1971—#329566
1970—#425370
1969—#485250
1968—#561182
1967—#628143
1966—#74798
1965—#94261
1964—#1,28837
1963—#1,31835
1962—#1,80520
1961—#2,07016
1960—#2,53511
1959—#2,53011
1958—#2,09315
1957—#2,19014
1956—#2,01516
1955—#1,53825
1954—#2,11414
1953—#2,9058
1952—#2,25112
1951—#2,24612
1950—#1,87916
1949—#2,22512
1948—#1,70319
1947—#1,85017
1946—#1,55721
1945—#2,7437
1944—#2,6338
1943—#2,07413
1942—#3,2126
1941—#2,4919
1940——
1939—#2,8297
1938—#2,6468
1937—#2,33210
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1935—#3,2526
1934——
1933—#2,5429
1932—#3,3616
1931—#2,8648
1930—#3,2897
1929—#2,58910
1928—#2,04815
1927—#2,40812
1926—#2,9049
1925—#2,9369
1924—#3,0239
1923—#2,44612
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1921—#2,37613
1920—#2,45912
1919—#2,8779
1918—#3,0968
1917—#2,7329
1916—#3,8975
1915—#2,6219
1914—#2,9156
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Chadwick! It came in at #2,915, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1922, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Chadwick
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 61 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #4,139)
  • 569 spots since 2020 (#3,570 → #4,139)
  • 1,173 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #4,139)
  • Biggest jump: 346 spots in 1965 (#1,288 → #942)
  • Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1996 (#862 → #985)
Rise & fade · boys
61 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1975 at #272 (707 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1965–1996
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,208
  • Highest: 1 in 2,208 boys born in 1975 were named Chadwick (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 68,323 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 43.0% of all boys named Chadwick (5,709) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s46#2,621 (1915)#3,023
1920s101#2,048 (1928)#2,577
1930s61#2,332 (1937)#2,889
1940s112#1,557 (1946)#2,276
1950s143#1,538 (1955)#2,176
1960s853#485 (1969)#1,238
1970s5,709#272 (1975)#323
1980s3,438#395 (1980)#471
1990s1,662#593 (1990)#902
2000s636#1,481 (2001)#2,044
2010s309#2,966 (2015)#3,616
2020s206#2,616 (2022)#3,486

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Chadwick in 1972

girls
#8,292
5 births · 1 in 304,249 girls
boys
#301
619 births · 1 in 2,620 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #8,292Chadwick5

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #301Chadwick619
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 304,249 of them was named Chadwick, which outranked 14.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chadwick
  1. #7,292Zerlina6
  2. #7,292Zeta6
  3. #7,292Zoann6
  4. #8,292Chadwick5
  5. #8,292Aarona5
  6. #8,292Abigale5
  7. #8,292Adabel5

Tied with 1,374 names at #8,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 2,620 of them was named Chadwick, which outranked 94.8% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chadwick
  1. #298Damian622
  2. #299Spencer621
  3. #300Nelson620
  4. #301Chadwick619
  5. #302Julio614
  6. #303Marty613
  7. #304Floyd610
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972 →