Champ
#4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,289since 1881
Champ over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Champ has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,139 | 25 |
| 2024 | #3,896 | 28 |
| 2023 | #3,416 | 34 |
| 2022 | #3,412 | 34 |
| 2021 | #3,740 | 29 |
| 2020 | #3,653 | 29 |
| 2019 | #3,794 | 28 |
| 2018 | #3,373 | 33 |
| 2017 | #4,105 | 25 |
| 2016 | #2,993 | 39 |
| 2015 | #3,085 | 37 |
| 2014 | #3,693 | 28 |
| 2013 | #2,763 | 42 |
| 2012 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2011 | #3,164 | 35 |
| 2010 | #2,914 | 40 |
| 2009 | #3,639 | 29 |
| 2008 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #3,384 | 31 |
| 2005 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #1,509 | 25 |
| 1920 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,755 | 18 |
| 1916 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,441 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #854 | 27 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #819 (1887) | #843 |
| 1890s | 18 | #900 (1896) | #969 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,013 (1902) | #1,162 |
| 1910s | 161 | #854 (1912) | #1,523 |
| 1920s | 104 | #1,509 (1921) | #2,680 |
| 1930s | 63 | #2,084 (1938) | #2,826 |
| 1940s | 84 | #2,207 (1941) | #2,719 |
| 1950s | 68 | #2,391 (1953) | #3,109 |
| 1960s | 29 | #3,559 (1967) | #3,699 |
| 1970s | 23 | #4,230 (1970) | #4,887 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,561 (1984) | #5,561 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 183 | #3,384 (2006) | #5,331 |
| 2010s | 349 | #2,763 (2013) | #3,270 |
| 2020s | 179 | #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 1912
boys
#854
27 births · 1 in 15,924 boys
Top boys' names in 1912
More about 1912
boys
429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 15,924 of them was named Champ, which outranked 70.6% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).