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
#282
1890 · 37 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #282, 1890boys
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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—#4,39623
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 1996

girls
#8,132
10 births · 1 in 175,301 girls
boys
#1,049
116 births · 1 in 16,330 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #8,132Chauncey10

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #1,049Chauncey116
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 175,301 of them was named Chauncey, which outranked 48.8% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chauncey
  1. #7,574Zania11
  2. #7,574Zariya11
  3. #7,574Zhana11
  4. #8,132Chauncey10
  5. #8,132Aaliya10
  6. #8,132Aariel10
  7. #8,132Aarti10
  8. #8,812Aarion9
  9. #8,812Abagael9
  10. #8,812Adaisha9

Tied with 679 names at #8,132; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 16,330 of them was named Chauncey, which outranked 90.0% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chauncey
  1. #1,042Robbie117
  2. #1,042Rusty117
  3. #1,042Wilfredo117
  4. #1,049Chauncey116
  5. #1,049Bill116
  6. #1,049Claudio116
  7. #1,049Deanthony116
  8. #1,060Forest115
  9. #1,060Jedidiah115
  10. #1,060Kenyon115

Tied with 10 names at #1,049; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →