Chas

Last seen for girls in 1990 at #12,958 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 53 births
Debut · boys
53 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,213
since 1880

Chas over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #220, 1880boys
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018#12,1565
2017
2016#7,60510
2015#9,5687
2014#10,7176
2013#7,02611
2012#7,55910
2011#9,6007
2010#5,47816
2009#6,43613
2008#6,76312
2007#6,26213
2006#5,78114
2005#4,46419
2004#6,97610
2003#3,83822
2002#4,04420
2001#3,97420
2000#2,52537
1999#3,83419
1998#3,48621
1997#3,45520
1996#2,38033
1995#1,98842
1994#2,04140
1993#2,09138
1992#1,84444
1991#1,52857
1990#12,9585#1,61551
1989#1,24375
1988#1,22369
1987#1,40052
1986#1,64539
1985#1,67237
1984#1,21457
1983#1,71133
1982#1,92928
1981#1,76632
1980#1,76532
1979#1,83330
1978#2,01224
1977#1,94825
1976#2,50817
1975#2,54016
1974#3,12011
1973#3,22310
1972#2,08019
1971#3,3709
1970#3,2829
1969#3,9356
1968
1967#3,9665
1966
1965#3,9305
1964
1963
1962#4,0335
1961
1960
1959#3,9885
1958
1957#3,5526
1956
1955
1954
1953#3,7985
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944#2,8627
1943#2,40510
1942#2,9407
1941
1940#2,6718
1939#3,4805
1938#3,5345
1937#2,6808
1936#2,30110
1935#2,5299
1934#2,7428
1933
1932#2,10113
1931#2,47110
1930#2,44411
1929#2,58910
1928#1,52224
1927#1,09842
1926#1,06443
1925#90056
1924#94455
1923#1,23534
1922#1,03946
1921#1,01847
1920#84664
1919#4,8145#83961
1918#71079
1917#72372
1916#71570
1915#57099
1914#63264
1913#72041
1912#62244
1911#60525
1910#63421
1909#67916
1908#58519
1907#43928
1906#44325
1905#66613
1904#40926
1903#48719
1902#38027
1901#42220
1900#44626
1899#54813
1898#40324
1897#41121
1896#48118
1895#50116
1894#38723
1893#40120
1892#37526
1891#41118
1890#32229
1889#30532
1888#31233
1887#26138
1886#26740
1885#27437
1884#27139
1883#26338
1882#24846
1881#25239
1880#22053
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Chas was already there! It came in at #220, and was given to 53 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1933, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Chas is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Chas
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 2,440 spots since 2015 (#9,568#12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1924 (#1,235#944)
  • Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1905 (#409#666)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #220 (53 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1880–1920
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,085
  • Highest: 1 in 2,085 boys born in 1880 were named Chas (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 17.9% of all boys named Chas (576) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s395#220 (1880)#267
1890s208#322 (1890)#424
1900s219#380 (1902)#496
1910s576#570 (1915)#677
1920s421#846 (1920)#1,226
1930s79#2,101 (1932)#2,698
1940s32#2,405 (1943)#2,720
1950s16#3,552 (1957)#3,779
1960s21#3,930 (1965)#3,966
1970s170#1,833 (1979)#2,592
1980s454#1,214 (1984)#1,557
1990s365#1,528 (1991)#2,426
2000s180#2,525 (2000)#5,106
2010s72#5,478 (2010)#8,714
2020s5#12,008 (2025)#12,008

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.

Chas in 1909

boys
#679
16 births · 1 in 10,250 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #679Chas16
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 10,250 of them was named Chas, which outranked 59.6% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chas
  1. #653Waldo17
  2. #653Walton17
  3. #653Winfield17
  4. #679Chas16
  5. #679Abel16
  6. #679Alfonzo16
  7. #679Alvie16
  8. #714Alec15
  9. #714Alfredo15
  10. #714Alice15

Tied with 34 names at #679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. 783Toney#1,373#590
  2. 720Cicero#1,373#653
  3. 538Alfonzo#1,217#679
  4. 533Bessie#1,373#840
  5. 533Ezell#1,373#840
Fallers
  1. 874Tracy#566#1,440
  2. 808Jonah#632#1,440
  3. 808Lew#632#1,440
  4. 783Blair#657#1,440
  5. 728Perley#712#1,440

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

See the top 100 for 1909