Chas

Last seen for girls in 1990 at #12,958 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 53 births
Debut · boys
53 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,213
since 1880

Chas over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #220, 1880boys
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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—#12,0085
2024——
2023——
2022——
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018—#12,1565
2017——
2016—#7,60510
2015—#9,5687
2014—#10,7176
2013—#7,02611
2012—#7,55910
2011—#9,6007
2010—#5,47816
2009—#6,43613
2008—#6,76312
2007—#6,26213
2006—#5,78114
2005—#4,46419
2004—#6,97610
2003—#3,83822
2002—#4,04420
2001—#3,97420
2000—#2,52537
1999—#3,83419
1998—#3,48621
1997—#3,45520
1996—#2,38033
1995—#1,98842
1994—#2,04140
1993—#2,09138
1992—#1,84444
1991—#1,52857
1990#12,9585#1,61551
1989—#1,24375
1988—#1,22369
1987—#1,40052
1986—#1,64539
1985—#1,67237
1984—#1,21457
1983—#1,71133
1982—#1,92928
1981—#1,76632
1980—#1,76532
1979—#1,83330
1978—#2,01224
1977—#1,94825
1976—#2,50817
1975—#2,54016
1974—#3,12011
1973—#3,22310
1972—#2,08019
1971—#3,3709
1970—#3,2829
1969—#3,9356
1968——
1967—#3,9665
1966——
1965—#3,9305
1964——
1963——
1962—#4,0335
1961——
1960——
1959—#3,9885
1958——
1957—#3,5526
1956——
1955——
1954——
1953—#3,7985
1952——
1951——
1950——
1949——
1948——
1947——
1946——
1945——
1944—#2,8627
1943—#2,40510
1942—#2,9407
1941——
1940—#2,6718
1939—#3,4805
1938—#3,5345
1937—#2,6808
1936—#2,30110
1935—#2,5299
1934—#2,7428
1933——
1932—#2,10113
1931—#2,47110
1930—#2,44411
1929—#2,58910
1928—#1,52224
1927—#1,09842
1926—#1,06443
1925—#90056
1924—#94455
1923—#1,23534
1922—#1,03946
1921—#1,01847
1920—#84664
1919#4,8145#83961
1918—#71079
1917—#72372
1916—#71570
1915—#57099
1914—#63264
1913—#72041
1912—#62244
1911—#60525
1910—#63421
1909—#67916
1908—#58519
1907—#43928
1906—#44325
1905—#66613
1904—#40926
1903—#48719
1902—#38027
1901—#42220
1900—#44626
1899—#54813
1898—#40324
1897—#41121
1896—#48118
1895—#50116
1894—#38723
1893—#40120
1892—#37526
1891—#41118
1890—#32229
1889—#30532
1888—#31233
1887—#26138
1886—#26740
1885—#27437
1884—#27139
1883—#26338
1882—#24846
1881—#25239
1880—#22053
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Chas was already there! It came in at #220, and was given to 53 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1933, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Chas is popular in 1887

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Chas
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 2,440 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1924 (#1,235 → #944)
  • Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1905 (#409 → #666)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #220 (53 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1880–1920
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,085
  • Highest: 1 in 2,085 boys born in 1880 were named Chas (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 17.9% of all boys named Chas (576) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s395#220 (1880)#267
1890s208#322 (1890)#424
1900s219#380 (1902)#496
1910s576#570 (1915)#677
1920s421#846 (1920)#1,226
1930s79#2,101 (1932)#2,698
1940s32#2,405 (1943)#2,720
1950s16#3,552 (1957)#3,779
1960s21#3,930 (1965)#3,966
1970s170#1,833 (1979)#2,592
1980s454#1,214 (1984)#1,557
1990s365#1,528 (1991)#2,426
2000s180#2,525 (2000)#5,106
2010s72#5,478 (2010)#8,714
2020s5#12,008 (2025)#12,008

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.

Chas in 1887

boys
#261
38 births · 1 in 2,669 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #261Chas38
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 2,669 of them was named Chas, which outranked 75.5% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chas
  1. #254Lemuel39
  2. #254Roger39
  3. #254Wade39
  4. #261Chas38
  5. #261Antonio38
  6. #261Arnold38
  7. #261Conrad38
  8. #268Abe37
  9. #268Neal37
  10. #270Bud36

Tied with 6 names at #261; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. ↑ 539Carey#959 → #420
  2. ↑ 521Santiago#959 → #438
  3. ↑ 471Annie#959 → #488
  4. ↑ 471Roderick#959 → #488
  5. ↑ 453Morton#845 → #392
Fallers
  1. ↓ 430Dell#491 → #921
  2. ↓ 420Hardy#332 → #752
  3. ↓ 409Brady#512 → #921
  4. ↓ 381Walton#540 → #921
  5. ↓ 368Milford#451 → #819

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

See the top 100 for 1887 →