Chauncy

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #11,738 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
Given to boys 97.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1883 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,257
since 1883

Chauncy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Chauncy has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #720, 1883boys
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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
2024#8,9878
2023
2022
2021#8,8258
2020
2019#9,7567
2018#10,7606
2017
2016#12,1855
2015#10,6446
2014#7,56210
2013#6,60312
2012#8,8648
2011#5,67515
2010#7,08711
2009#5,33417
2008#5,06718
2007#4,64020
2006#4,67519
2005#4,63118
2004#4,12921
2003#5,03515
2002#7,0559
2001#4,30218
2000#3,92220
1999#3,70420
1998#2,55233
1997#3,35121
1996#7,1367
1995#3,10022
1994#3,32620
1993#3,24620
1992#11,7386#3,45918
1991#2,91522
1990#2,43228
1989#12,3625#2,24530
1988#2,30526
1987#7,9878#2,16927
1986#10,9125#1,96230
1985#2,07127
1984#1,97927
1983#2,40820
1982#1,89029
1981#1,76632
1980#6,7899#1,80831
1979#2,15723
1978#1,65233
1977#2,06323
1976#2,41718
1975#2,20520
1974#2,05021
1973#2,12419
1972#3,3449
1971#2,27917
1970#2,73912
1969#3,0629
1968#2,73510
1967#3,2317
1966#2,46511
1965#2,36612
1964#2,66510
1963#2,8589
1962#2,67310
1961#4,0655
1960#3,3377
1959
1958#3,9445
1957#3,5526
1956
1955
1954#3,8275
1953#2,53110
1952
1951
1950#3,6815
1949
1948#3,6685
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941#3,1336
1940
1939
1938#3,5345
1937
1936#3,5495
1935#3,6455
1934
1933
1932#2,8498
1931#3,7635
1930#3,2897
1929
1928
1927#2,70310
1926
1925
1924#2,34713
1923
1922#3,2528
1921#3,8696
1920#3,4897
1919#4,1685
1918#2,54311
1917#2,56210
1916#2,25912
1915#3,0827
1914#2,9156
1913#2,8215
1912#2,2696
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,3455
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894#1,0745
1893
1892
1891
1890#8846
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883#7207
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Chauncy! It came in at #720, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Chauncy
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1883 at #720 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1883–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,946
  • Highest: 1 in 14,946 boys born in 1883 were named Chauncy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 22.2% of all boys named Chauncy (279) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#720 (1883)#720
1890s11#884 (1890)#979
1900s10#1,137 (1902)#1,241
1910s62#2,259 (1916)#2,827
1920s44#2,347 (1924)#3,132
1930s35#2,849 (1932)#3,438
1940s11#3,133 (1941)#3,401
1950s31#2,531 (1953)#3,507
1960s90#2,366 (1965)#2,946
1970s195#1,652 (1978)#2,303
1980s279#1,766 (1981)#2,060
1990s211#2,432 (1990)#3,522
2000s175#3,922 (2000)#4,879
2010s80#5,675 (2011)#8,793
2020s16#8,825 (2021)#8,906

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.

Chauncy in 1883

boys
#720
7 births · 1 in 14,946 boys

Top boys' names in 1883

  1. #1John8,894
  2. #2William8,387
  3. #3James5,223
  4. #4Charles4,826
  5. #5George4,736
  6. #6Frank2,986
  7. #7Joseph2,515
  8. #8Henry2,383
  9. #9Robert2,334
  10. #10Thomas2,316
  11. #720Chauncy7
More about 1883

boys

104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 14,946 of them was named Chauncy, which outranked 30.1% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chauncy
  1. #677Shelton8
  2. #677Willian8
  3. #677Wilton8
  4. #720Chauncy7
  5. #720Addie7
  6. #720Albin7
  7. #720Alpheus7
  8. #799Ace6
  9. #799Adolf6
  10. #799Algie6

Tied with 78 names at #720; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. 416Sumner#943#527
  2. 377Alf#837#460
  3. 358Arlie#837#479
  4. 358Everette#837#479
  5. 346Ocie#943#597
Fallers
  1. 429Morton#370#799
  2. 423Saul#469#892
  3. 403Pierce#489#892
  4. 378Bryant#514#892
  5. 352Buck#540#892

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

See the top 100 for 1883