Champ

#4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births

Peak · boys
1887 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,289
since 1881

Champ over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Champ has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #819, 1887boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#4,13925
2024#3,89628
2023#3,41634
2022#3,41234
2021#3,74029
2020#3,65329
2019#3,79428
2018#3,37333
2017#4,10525
2016#2,99339
2015#3,08537
2014#3,69328
2013#2,76342
2012#2,81142
2011#3,16435
2010#2,91440
2009#3,63929
2008#3,74428
2007#3,79327
2006#3,38431
2005#4,63118
2004#5,81313
2003#7,8318
2002#7,6438
2001#7,5368
2000#5,29713
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984#5,5616
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979#5,3556
1978
1977
1976#5,5875
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971#4,3756
1970#4,2306
1969
1968#3,6736
1967#3,5596
1966#3,9485
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961#3,6526
1960#3,6656
1959#3,6196
1958#3,5596
1957#3,0248
1956
1955#2,9648
1954#3,4526
1953#2,39111
1952#2,6809
1951#3,7145
1950#2,5809
1949#2,6069
1948#2,44310
1947#2,6719
1946#3,1736
1945#3,3385
1944#3,4305
1943#2,7328
1942#2,26811
1941#2,20711
1940#2,32210
1939
1938#2,08412
1937#2,6808
1936#2,6298
1935#2,7198
1934#2,7428
1933#3,0047
1932#3,3616
1931#3,3906
1930
1929#2,7669
1928
1927#2,9129
1926#2,56611
1925#2,58811
1924#3,5057
1923#3,4677
1922#2,34713
1921#1,50925
1920#2,45912
1919#2,38512
1918#1,53923
1917#1,75518
1916#1,69818
1915#1,55320
1914#1,44118
1913#1,44114
1912#85427
1911#1,03811
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902#1,0136
1901
1900#1,3105
1899
1898
1897#9426
1896#9007
1895
1894
1893
1892#1,0665
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887#8196
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Champ! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Champ
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 243 spots since 2024 (#3,896#4,139)
  • 486 spots since 2020 (#3,653#4,139)
  • 1,054 spots since 2015 (#3,085#4,139)
  • Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1912 (#1,038#854)
  • Biggest drop: 587 spots in 1913 (#854#1,441)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1887 at #819 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1896–1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,924
  • Highest: 1 in 15,924 boys born in 1912 were named Champ (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 68,323 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #819 in 1887, was only 1 in 16,902 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 27.1% of all boys named Champ (349) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#819 (1887)#843
1890s18#900 (1896)#969
1900s11#1,013 (1902)#1,162
1910s161#854 (1912)#1,523
1920s104#1,509 (1921)#2,680
1930s63#2,084 (1938)#2,826
1940s84#2,207 (1941)#2,719
1950s68#2,391 (1953)#3,109
1960s29#3,559 (1967)#3,699
1970s23#4,230 (1970)#4,887
1980s6#5,561 (1984)#5,561
1990s0
2000s183#3,384 (2006)#5,331
2010s349#2,763 (2013)#3,270
2020s179#3,412 (2022)#3,709

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.

Champ in 1881

boys
#866
5 births · 1 in 20,147 boys

Top boys' names in 1881

  1. #1John8,768
  2. #2William8,524
  3. #3James5,441
  4. #4George4,664
  5. #5Charles4,636
  6. #6Frank2,834
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,339
  9. #9Thomas2,282
  10. #10Edward2,177
  11. #866Champ5
More about 1881

boys

100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 20,147 of them was named Champ, which outranked 13.1% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Champ
  1. #781Webb6
  2. #781Whit6
  3. #781Yee6
  4. #866Champ5
  5. #866Adrien5
  6. #866Albin5
  7. #866Alf5

Tied with 130 names at #866; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. 491Noble#809#318
  2. 449Ivy#909#460
  3. 449Buck#909#460
  4. 376Chin#909#533
  5. 376Ransom#909#533
Fallers
  1. 431Neil#350#781
  2. 378Alvah#403#781
  3. 361Webster#505#866
  4. 356Melville#425#781
  5. 316Hector#465#781

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

See the top 100 for 1881