Chancey

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 70.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1883 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,228
since 1883

Chancey over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #3,990, 1984peak #892, 1883girlsboys
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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—#9,7147
2024#11,1228#7,76510
2023#15,1945—
2022#13,5926—
2021—#12,1465
2020——
2019——
2018#15,6825#10,7606
2017—#12,2465
2016#14,3316#8,8168
2015—#9,5687
2014#11,9318#10,7176
2013—#10,7286
2012—#8,8648
2011—#7,50210
2010#12,2768#8,1399
2009—#8,9858
2008——
2007#10,81810#8,9158
2006—#5,78114
2005#11,8348#6,63411
2004#11,6248#5,49214
2003#10,4259#7,8318
2002#10,2469#5,72512
2001#6,95615#6,01311
2000#8,53411#4,57316
1999#9,4799#4,76214
1998#5,79917#4,01917
1997#6,16315#2,68029
1996#6,06415#5,53510
1995#5,01919#3,02023
1994#4,23824#3,21521
1993#5,41917#4,02015
1992#4,84920#3,45918
1991#4,05925#2,46928
1990#4,23023#2,95221
1989#4,84818#3,09419
1988#5,89513#2,59922
1987#5,31214#2,46822
1986#5,75712#3,00516
1985#6,03111#2,35722
1984#3,99019#1,50741
1983#4,88414#1,82230
1982#4,71615#1,89029
1981#5,25413#1,54839
1980#5,54412#1,59337
1979#9,0106#2,10424
1978#4,24216#1,22953
1977#7,5677#2,55617
1976#9,2845#2,11322
1975#5,51610#2,06522
1974#8,7755#2,27718
1973#8,4235#2,85712
1972—#3,3449
1971—#2,81312
1970#7,9955#3,07110
1969—#4,4045
1968—#4,1365
1967——
1966—#2,46511
1965—#3,2447
1964—#4,0395
1963—#3,6466
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1960—#3,3377
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1955—#2,55810
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1952—#3,7345
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1950—#2,5809
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1948—#3,0107
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1945—#2,9966
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1943—#3,2316
1942—#2,5239
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1940—#2,4789
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1938—#1,97613
1937—#3,5185
1936——
1935—#3,6455
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1933—#3,6425
1932—#2,46510
1931—#3,7635
1930—#3,2897
1929—#2,9808
1928——
1927—#2,9129
1926—#1,91117
1925—#3,4087
1924—#2,64111
1923—#2,61411
1922—#2,63011
1921—#1,98017
1920—#2,9679
1919—#2,15214
1918—#2,39812
1917—#1,81517
1916#4,4175#2,38911
1915—#1,87815
1914—#2,4578
1913—#2,0928
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1893—#1,0355
1892—#1,0665
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1888—#1,0315
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1885—#9365
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1883—#8925
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Chancey! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Chancey is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedARTennessee: #349 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,992 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedLAMississippi: #362 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,076 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedALGeorgia: #610 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,552 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Chancey, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#349 · 1 in 3,992
  2. Mississippi#362 · 1 in 3,076
  3. Georgia#610 · 1 in 7,552

Best ever in a state: #349 in Tennessee, 1978.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#34981 in 3,992
Mississippi#36261 in 3,076
Georgia#61051 in 7,552
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Chancey
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 1,949 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #9,714)
  • 146 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1883 at #892 (5 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 · 1883–1885
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,925
  • Highest: 1 in 20,925 boys born in 1883 were named Chancey (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 22.6% of all boys named Chancey (277) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
  • Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#892 (1883)#953
1890s10#1,035 (1893)#1,051
1900s0——
1910s85#1,815 (1917)#2,169
1920s100#1,911 (1926)#2,671
1930s50#1,976 (1938)#3,185
1940s37#2,478 (1940)#2,848
1950s24#2,558 (1955)#2,957
1960s46#2,465 (1966)#3,610
1970s199#1,229 (1978)#2,443
1980s277#1,507 (1984)#2,188
1990s196#2,469 (1991)#3,613
2000s102#4,573 (2000)#6,661
2010s65#7,502 (2011)#9,704
2020s22#7,765 (2024)#9,875

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.

Chancey in 1978

girls
#4,242
16 births · 1 in 95,741 girls
boys
#1,229
53 births · 1 in 30,978 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #4,242Chancey16

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #1,229Chancey53
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 95,741 of them was named Chancey, which outranked 63.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chancey
  1. #4,079Tyrhonda17
  2. #4,079Yolande17
  3. #4,079Zarinah17
  4. #4,242Chancey16
  5. #4,242Abra16
  6. #4,242Adrea16
  7. #4,242Adrean16
  8. #4,459Adelia15
  9. #4,459Akesha15
  10. #4,459Akira15

Tied with 216 names at #4,242; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 30,978 of them was named Chancey, which outranked 81.8% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chancey
  1. #1,214Renato54
  2. #1,214Rosendo54
  3. #1,214Sherwin54
  4. #1,229Chancey53
  5. #1,229Alden53
  6. #1,229Bernie53
  7. #1,229Dandre53
  8. #1,240Barron52
  9. #1,240Brandan52
  10. #1,240Crystal52

Tied with 10 names at #1,229; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →