Chase

#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births · #192 for boys in 2025, 1,904 births
Given to boys 97.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2009 · 7,394 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
181,160
since 1885

Chase over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #61, 2009boys
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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#4,06735#1921,904
2024#3,27748#1732,157
2023#3,98437#1542,389
2022#3,31348#1372,710
2021#3,55343#1252,939
2020#3,77838#1232,998
2019#3,22249#1213,173
2018#2,96255#1133,460
2017#3,14551#944,186
2016#2,61767#864,868
2015#2,77363#745,387
2014#2,46973#785,363
2013#2,38576#785,556
2012#2,18986#775,706
2011#2,58969#696,203
2010#2,34181#666,448
2009#2,041100#617,394
2008#1,732128#677,003
2007#1,544148#796,159
2006#1,335174#835,746
2005#1,378156#825,199
2004#1,003235#825,161
2003#1,318156#875,014
2002#1,558120#824,858
2001#1,331144#795,199
2000#1,524119#775,442
1999#1,309138#765,223
1998#952215#675,562
1997#883230#774,964
1996#885223#764,992
1995#1,522102#953,918
1994#2,79743#1143,228
1993#2,99039#1163,023
1992#3,86627#1163,018
1991#2,88640#1083,225
1990#2,95738#1103,158
1989#2,93137#1132,866
1988#2,53942#1272,308
1987#3,74323#1392,067
1986#4,72416#1421,966
1985#2,70435#1332,127
1984#2,91530#1332,091
1983#3,80620#1491,823
1982#4,02519#245938
1981#5,25413#611194
1980#5,91211#655176
1979#10,2105#684155
1978#700143
1977#5,88810#720140
1976#5,60110#722134
1975#5,16111#741126
1974#6,2588#726127
1973#6,6667#740117
1972#84191
1971#6,6197#1,01464
1970#1,15951
1969#1,41432
1968#1,33933
1967#1,47627
1966#1,81418
1965#1,40530
1964#1,90018
1963#1,95717
1962#2,50411
1961#1,99717
1960#2,31513
1959#2,41412
1958#3,0338
1957#2,49411
1956#2,9698
1955#2,55810
1954#2,7439
1953
1952#2,6809
1951#2,6629
1950#2,5809
1949#2,22512
1948#3,0107
1947#3,0967
1946
1945#2,9966
1944
1943#2,27711
1942#3,5605
1941
1940#2,4789
1939#2,15911
1938#3,5345
1937
1936#3,5495
1935
1934
1933#3,0047
1932#3,7765
1931#3,7635
1930#4,0015
1929
1928#3,3577
1927#3,4517
1926#3,1398
1925#3,1558
1924#3,2608
1923#3,8226
1922#2,63011
1921#3,8696
1920#4,2865
1919#3,3917
1918#3,3687
1917#2,9568
1916
1915#2,45810
1914#2,9156
1913
1912#1,8858
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
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1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
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1899
1898
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1896
1895
1894
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1892
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885#9365
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Chase! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Chase
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 19 spots since 2024 (#173#192)
  • 69 spots since 2020 (#123#192)
  • 118 spots since 2015 (#74#192)
  • Biggest jump: 366 spots in 1982 (#611#245)
  • Biggest drop: 19 spots in 2018 (#94#113)
Rise & fade · boys
124 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 2009 at #61 (7,394 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1995–2017
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1972–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 268
  • Highest: 1 in 268 boys born in 2009 were named Chase (0.37%)
  • Latest: 1 in 897 boys born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 31.6% of all boys named Chase (57,175) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#936 (1885)#936
1890s5#994 (1890)#994
1900s0
1910s46#1,885 (1912)#2,829
1920s66#2,630 (1922)#3,441
1930s43#2,159 (1939)#3,398
1940s57#2,225 (1949)#2,806
1950s85#2,414 (1959)#2,681
1960s216#1,339 (1968)#1,812
1970s1,148#684 (1979)#805
1980s16,556#113 (1989)#245
1990s40,311#67 (1998)#96
2000s57,175#61 (2009)#78
2010s50,350#66 (2010)#86
2020s15,097#123 (2020)#151

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.

Chase in 1981

girls
#5,254
13 births · 1 in 128,312 girls
boys
#611
194 births · 1 in 9,233 boys

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #5,254Chase13

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #611Chase194
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 128,312 of them was named Chase, which outranked 56.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chase
  1. #4,963Youa14
  2. #4,963Zaira14
  3. #4,963Zelma14
  4. #5,254Chase13
  5. #5,254Adonica13
  6. #5,254Adreanna13
  7. #5,254Adri13
  8. #5,571Abigayle12
  9. #5,571Adrean12
  10. #5,571Agustina12

Tied with 316 names at #5,254; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 3,850Tashina#4,743#893
  2. 2,742Krystle#3,215#473
  3. 1,800Tierra#2,342#542
  4. 1,398Martine#2,189#791
  5. 999Nereida#1,981#982
Fallers
  1. 764Kylene#990#1,754
  2. 607Renada#708#1,315
  3. 560Ashanti#822#1,382
  4. 399Renata#336#735
  5. 395Tracee#959#1,354

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

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 9,233 of them was named Chase, which outranked 91.6% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chase
  1. #608Matt198
  2. #609Issac197
  3. #610Reed196
  4. #611Chase194
  5. #611Jasper194
  6. #611Jeramy194
  7. #614Jerad193
  8. #615Jennifer192
  9. #616Aubrey191

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 1,321Marchello#2,162#841
  2. 1,104Skylar#2,058#954
  3. 816Kellen#1,432#616
  4. 499Marcello#1,291#792
  5. 456Tyrel#1,089#633
Fallers
  1. 306Kenyatta#871#1,177
  2. 284Seneca#718#1,002
  3. 247Kimberly#989#1,236
  4. 216Chadd#927#1,143
  5. 214Levar#911#1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981