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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #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
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1904
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1902
1901
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1898
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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 1985

girls
#2,704
35 births · 1 in 49,167 girls
boys
#133
2,127 births · 1 in 869 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #2,704Chase35

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #133Chase2,127
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 49,167 of them was named Chase, which outranked 78.4% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chase
  1. #2,657Tempestt36
  2. #2,657Tiffiney36
  3. #2,657Zandra36
  4. #2,704Chase35
  5. #2,704Alida35
  6. #2,704Allyssa35
  7. #2,704Alva35
  8. #2,749Aislinn34
  9. #2,749Alfreda34
  10. #2,749Ambar34

Tied with 44 names at #2,704; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 869 of them was named Chase, which outranked 98.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chase
  1. #130Lance2,152
  2. #131Ricardo2,139
  3. #132Martin2,136
  4. #133Chase2,127
  5. #134Kristopher2,099
  6. #135Bobby2,094
  7. #136Caleb2,083
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985