Chauncey

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to boys 95.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1890 · 37 births
Debut · boys
32 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,685
since 1880

Chauncey over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #282, 1890boys
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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#4,39623
2024#2,91543
2023#3,71230
2022#3,53332
2021#3,18037
2020#3,07437
2019#2,80844
2018#2,44553
2017#2,75544
2016#3,16136
2015#2,35555
2014#16,5135#1,92075
2013#16,5475#2,04466
2012#2,06666
2011#1,67589
2010#1,77883
2009#1,65495
2008#17,5045#1,478111
2007#17,6365#1,445111
2006#1,417110
2005#1,266123
2004#10,6909#1,231123
2003#13,8446#1,36499
2002#12,1877#1,54380
2001#8,19612#1,287102
2000#1,241107
1999#11,3857#1,194107
1998#7,53212#950147
1997#7,28312#922147
1996#8,13210#1,049116
1995#13,3865#1,053113
1994#4,37623#1,053112
1993#5,41917#1,16891
1992#3,96826#1,055108
1991#5,65916#1,09599
1990#4,00325#949119
1989#4,12123#878131
1988#4,65318#858122
1987#5,07415#836124
1986#4,18619#803128
1985#4,63516#795125
1984#4,47816#719147
1983#6,21210#725142
1982#3,64722#686159
1981#4,74615#647173
1980#5,24513#687159
1979#6,18910#696151
1978#4,93113#666158
1977#5,53211#808111
1976#6,0489#91183
1975#5,51610#759120
1974#5,7769#761113
1973#6,6667#81794
1972#6,5587#88981
1971#8,3245#92877
1970#5,4139#81898
1969#6,6176#91170
1968#79986
1967#6,0426#90064
1966#6,5645#81280
1965#93462
1964#88175
1963#82983
1962#6,5785#86277
1961#84682
1960#99659
1959#98761
1958#5,4086#89271
1957#6,0865#93665
1956#1,05651
1955#88570
1954#87670
1953#93259
1952#5,5635#1,02749
1951#85267
1950#1,00648
1949#1,06344
1948#1,06344
1947#1,10843
1946#1,07641
1945#1,00640
1944#1,15233
1943#1,28029
1942#92851
1941#1,05138
1940#1,22730
1939#1,05237
1938#93945
1937#96742
1936#90646
1935#87252
1934#1,05938
1933#88549
1932#78665
1931#85855
1930#81563
1929#94051
1928#86259
1927#84963
1926#78369
1925#82265
1924#82367
1923#81568
1922#71783
1921#71584
1920#77573
1919#78368
1918#73376
1917#4,0836#69476
1916#73468
1915#69870
1914#68755
1913#71142
1912#62244
1911#79317
1910#49232
1909#67916
1908#74413
1907#69914
1906#56817
1905#57417
1904#45222
1903#41123
1902#44022
1901#59612
1900#49022
1899#43818
1898#43521
1897#42220
1896#43820
1895#34029
1894#33628
1893#37123
1892#29838
1891#32527
1890#28237
1889#32229
1888#37724
1887#31128
1886#38321
1885#34425
1884#38621
1883#29830
1882#43717
1881#31826
1880#29132
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Chauncey was already there! It came in at #291, and was given to 32 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

See more about Chauncey
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,481 spots since 2024 (#2,915#4,396)
  • 1,322 spots since 2020 (#3,074#4,396)
  • 2,041 spots since 2015 (#2,355#4,396)
  • Biggest jump: 187 spots in 1910 (#679#492)
  • Biggest drop: 352 spots in 1943 (#928#1,280)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1890 at #282 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 99 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 99 yrs · run 1880–1933
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,001
  • Highest: 1 in 3,001 boys born in 1890 were named Chauncey (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 14.6% of all boys named Chauncey (1,410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s253#291 (1880)#347
1890s261#282 (1890)#369
1900s178#411 (1903)#565
1910s548#492 (1910)#695
1920s682#715 (1921)#810
1930s492#786 (1932)#914
1940s393#928 (1942)#1,095
1950s611#852 (1951)#945
1960s738#799 (1968)#877
1970s1,086#666 (1978)#805
1980s1,410#647 (1981)#763
1990s1,159#922 (1997)#1,049
2000s1,061#1,231 (2004)#1,393
2010s611#1,675 (2011)#2,301
2020s202#2,915 (2024)#3,468

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.

Chauncey in 1885

boys
#344
25 births · 1 in 4,312 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #344Chauncey25
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 4,312 of them was named Chauncey, which outranked 68.6% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chauncey
  1. #332Neil26
  2. #332Sol26
  3. #332Taylor26
  4. #344Chauncey25
  5. #344Alphonse25
  6. #344Archibald25
  7. #344Dale25
  8. #355Adolphus24
  9. #355Berry24
  10. #355Enos24

Tied with 10 names at #344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 426Bryant#848#422
  2. 424Butler#971#547
  3. 424Cyril#971#547
  4. 409Gerhard#848#439
  5. 394Rowland#971#577
Fallers
  1. 520Clarance#416#936
  2. 416Oswald#520#936
  3. 389Doctor#547#936
  4. 366Dexter#570#936
  5. 366Gustaf#570#936

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

See the top 100 for 1885