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
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 37 births
- Debut · boys
- 32 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,685since 1880
Chauncey over time
Rank among boys' names. Chauncey has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,396 | 23 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,915 | 43 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,712 | 30 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,180 | 37 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,074 | 37 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,808 | 44 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,445 | 53 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,755 | 44 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,161 | 36 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,355 | 55 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,920 | 75 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #2,044 | 66 |
| 2012 | — | #2,066 | 66 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,675 | 89 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,778 | 83 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,654 | 95 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #1,478 | 111 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #1,445 | 111 |
| 2006 | — | #1,417 | 110 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,266 | 123 | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #1,231 | 123 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #1,364 | 99 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #1,543 | 80 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #1,287 | 102 |
| 2000 | — | #1,241 | 107 | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #1,194 | 107 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #950 | 147 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #922 | 147 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #1,049 | 116 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #1,053 | 113 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 | #1,053 | 112 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #1,168 | 91 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | #1,055 | 108 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #1,095 | 99 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | #949 | 119 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | #878 | 131 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | #858 | 122 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #836 | 124 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | #803 | 128 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #795 | 125 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #719 | 147 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #725 | 142 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #686 | 159 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #647 | 173 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #687 | 159 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #696 | 151 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #666 | 158 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #808 | 111 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #911 | 83 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #759 | 120 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #761 | 113 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #817 | 94 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #889 | 81 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #928 | 77 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #818 | 98 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #911 | 70 |
| 1968 | — | #799 | 86 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #900 | 64 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #812 | 80 |
| 1965 | — | #934 | 62 | |
| 1964 | — | #881 | 75 | |
| 1963 | — | #829 | 83 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #862 | 77 |
| 1961 | — | #846 | 82 | |
| 1960 | — | #996 | 59 | |
| 1959 | — | #987 | 61 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #892 | 71 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #936 | 65 |
| 1956 | — | #1,056 | 51 | |
| 1955 | — | #885 | 70 | |
| 1954 | — | #876 | 70 | |
| 1953 | — | #932 | 59 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,027 | 49 |
| 1951 | — | #852 | 67 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,006 | 48 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,063 | 44 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,063 | 44 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,108 | 43 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,076 | 41 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,006 | 40 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,152 | 33 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,280 | 29 | |
| 1942 | — | #928 | 51 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,051 | 38 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,227 | 30 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,052 | 37 | |
| 1938 | — | #939 | 45 | |
| 1937 | — | #967 | 42 | |
| 1936 | — | #906 | 46 | |
| 1935 | — | #872 | 52 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,059 | 38 | |
| 1933 | — | #885 | 49 | |
| 1932 | — | #786 | 65 | |
| 1931 | — | #858 | 55 | |
| 1930 | — | #815 | 63 | |
| 1929 | — | #940 | 51 | |
| 1928 | — | #862 | 59 | |
| 1927 | — | #849 | 63 | |
| 1926 | — | #783 | 69 | |
| 1925 | — | #822 | 65 | |
| 1924 | — | #823 | 67 | |
| 1923 | — | #815 | 68 | |
| 1922 | — | #717 | 83 | |
| 1921 | — | #715 | 84 | |
| 1920 | — | #775 | 73 | |
| 1919 | — | #783 | 68 | |
| 1918 | — | #733 | 76 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #694 | 76 |
| 1916 | — | #734 | 68 | |
| 1915 | — | #698 | 70 | |
| 1914 | — | #687 | 55 | |
| 1913 | — | #711 | 42 | |
| 1912 | — | #622 | 44 | |
| 1911 | — | #793 | 17 | |
| 1910 | — | #492 | 32 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | — | #568 | 17 | |
| 1905 | — | #574 | 17 | |
| 1904 | — | #452 | 22 | |
| 1903 | — | #411 | 23 | |
| 1902 | — | #440 | 22 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #438 | 18 | |
| 1898 | — | #435 | 21 | |
| 1897 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #340 | 29 | |
| 1894 | — | #336 | 28 | |
| 1893 | — | #371 | 23 | |
| 1892 | — | #298 | 38 | |
| 1891 | — | #325 | 27 | |
| 1890 | — | #282 | 37 | |
| 1889 | — | #322 | 29 | |
| 1888 | — | #377 | 24 | |
| 1887 | — | #311 | 28 | |
| 1886 | — | #383 | 21 | |
| 1885 | — | #344 | 25 | |
| 1884 | — | #386 | 21 | |
| 1883 | — | #298 | 30 | |
| 1882 | — | #437 | 17 | |
| 1881 | — | #318 | 26 | |
| 1880 | — | #291 | 32 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #282 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 99 yrs · run 1880–1933
- 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%)
- 14.6% of all boys named Chauncey (1,410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 253 | #291 (1880) | #347 |
| 1890s | 261 | #282 (1890) | #369 |
| 1900s | 178 | #411 (1903) | #565 |
| 1910s | 548 | #492 (1910) | #695 |
| 1920s | 682 | #715 (1921) | #810 |
| 1930s | 492 | #786 (1932) | #914 |
| 1940s | 393 | #928 (1942) | #1,095 |
| 1950s | 611 | #852 (1951) | #945 |
| 1960s | 738 | #799 (1968) | #877 |
| 1970s | 1,086 | #666 (1978) | #805 |
| 1980s | 1,410 | #647 (1981) | #763 |
| 1990s | 1,159 | #922 (1997) | #1,049 |
| 2000s | 1,061 | #1,231 (2004) | #1,393 |
| 2010s | 611 | #1,675 (2011) | #2,301 |
| 2020s | 202 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 160,527 of them was named Chauncey, which outranked 48.3% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,751Ysenia11
- #5,751Zana11
- #5,751Zarah11
- #6,189Chauncey10
- #6,189Adonica10
- #6,189Adraine10
- #6,189Adrena10
- #6,696Abril9
- #6,696Adalia9
- #6,696Adel9
Tied with 506 names at #6,189; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 11,401 of them was named Chauncey, which outranked 90.2% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).