Chase

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Peak · boys
2009 · 7,394 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
181,160
since 1885

Chase over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #61, 2009boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 boys in 1885, 5 boys in 1890 (see the data table).

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,06735#1921,904
2024#3,27748#1732,157
2023#3,98437#1542,389
2022#3,31348#1372,710
2021#3,55343#1252,939
2020#3,77838#1232,998
2019#3,22249#1213,173
2018#2,96255#1133,460
2017#3,14551#944,186
2016#2,61767#864,868
2015#2,77363#745,387
2014#2,46973#785,363
2013#2,38576#785,556
2012#2,18986#775,706
2011#2,58969#696,203
2010#2,34181#666,448
2009#2,041100#617,394
2008#1,732128#677,003
2007#1,544148#796,159
2006#1,335174#835,746
2005#1,378156#825,199
2004#1,003235#825,161
2003#1,318156#875,014
2002#1,558120#824,858
2001#1,331144#795,199
2000#1,524119#775,442
1999#1,309138#765,223
1998#952215#675,562
1997#883230#774,964
1996#885223#764,992
1995#1,522102#953,918
1994#2,79743#1143,228
1993#2,99039#1163,023
1992#3,86627#1163,018
1991#2,88640#1083,225
1990#2,95738#1103,158
1989#2,93137#1132,866
1988#2,53942#1272,308
1987#3,74323#1392,067
1986#4,72416#1421,966
1985#2,70435#1332,127
1984#2,91530#1332,091
1983#3,80620#1491,823
1982#4,02519#245938
1981#5,25413#611194
1980#5,91211#655176
1979#10,2105#684155
1978—#700143
1977#5,88810#720140
1976#5,60110#722134
1975#5,16111#741126
1974#6,2588#726127
1973#6,6667#740117
1972—#84191
1971#6,6197#1,01464
1970—#1,15951
1969—#1,41432
1968—#1,33933
1967—#1,47627
1966—#1,81418
1965—#1,40530
1964—#1,90018
1963—#1,95717
1962—#2,50411
1961—#1,99717
1960—#2,31513
1959—#2,41412
1958—#3,0338
1957—#2,49411
1956—#2,9698
1955—#2,55810
1954—#2,7439
1953——
1952—#2,6809
1951—#2,6629
1950—#2,5809
1949—#2,22512
1948—#3,0107
1947—#3,0967
1946——
1945—#2,9966
1944——
1943—#2,27711
1942—#3,5605
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1940—#2,4789
1939—#2,15911
1938—#3,5345
1937——
1936—#3,5495
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1933—#3,0047
1932—#3,7765
1931—#3,7635
1930—#4,0015
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1928—#3,3577
1927—#3,4517
1926—#3,1398
1925—#3,1558
1924—#3,2608
1923—#3,8226
1922—#2,63011
1921—#3,8696
1920—#4,2865
1919—#3,3917
1918—#3,3687
1917—#2,9568
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1914—#2,9156
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Chase! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Chase is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Chase, so not publishedAKMaine: #61 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 214 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Chase, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #99 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 300 boysNHWashington: #309 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,367 boysWAIdaho: #302 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,079 boysIDMontana: #227 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 753 boysMTNorth Dakota: #120 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 336 boysNDMinnesota: #243 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 980 boysMNIllinois: #155 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 652 boysILWisconsin: #162 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 601 boysWIMichigan: #169 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 681 boysMINew York: #113 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 538 boysNYMassachusetts: #105 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 409 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Chase, so not publishedRIOregon: #263 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 941 boysORNevada: #267 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,027 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Chase, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Chase, so not publishedSDIowa: #219 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 768 boysIAIndiana: #379 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,666 boysINOhio: #187 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 761 boysOHPennsylvania: #94 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 387 boysPANew Jersey: #92 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 372 boysNJConnecticut: #95 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 348 boysCTCalifornia: #241 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 1,139 boysCAUtah: #274 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,092 boysUTColorado: #237 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 994 boysCONebraska: #377 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,470 boysNEMissouri: #172 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 678 boysMOKentucky: #295 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,141 boysKYWest Virginia: #254 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 880 boysWVVirginia: #182 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 745 boysVAMaryland: #108 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 440 boysMDDelaware: #82 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 246 boysDEArizona: #250 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,023 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Chase, so not publishedNMKansas: #297 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,171 boysKSArkansas: #221 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 787 boysARTennessee: #205 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 836 boysTNNorth Carolina: #190 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 768 boysNCSouth Carolina: #188 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 707 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #139 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 421 boysDCOklahoma: #504 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,210 boysOKLouisiana: #211 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 797 boysLAMississippi: #151 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 516 boysMSAlabama: #301 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,195 boysALGeorgia: #171 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 688 boysGAHawaii: #146 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 417 boysHITexas: #368 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 1,751 boysTXFlorida: #163 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 718 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maine#61 · 1 in 214
  2. Delaware#82 · 1 in 246
  3. New Jersey#92 · 1 in 372
  4. Pennsylvania#94 · 1 in 387
  5. Connecticut#95 · 1 in 348

Best ever in a state: #8 in Missouri, 2008.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#61181 in 214
Delaware#82121 in 246
New Jersey#921071 in 372
Pennsylvania#941351 in 387
Connecticut#95381 in 348
New Hampshire#99151 in 300
Massachusetts#105661 in 409
Maryland#108521 in 440
New York#1131571 in 538
North Dakota#120101 in 336
District of Columbia#13961 in 421
Hawaii#14671 in 417
Mississippi#151211 in 516
Illinois#155761 in 652
Wisconsin#162391 in 601
Florida#1631331 in 718
Michigan#169591 in 681
Georgia#171731 in 688
Missouri#172411 in 678
Virginia#182501 in 745
Ohio#187691 in 761
South Carolina#188301 in 707
North Carolina#190671 in 768
Tennessee#205441 in 836
Louisiana#211241 in 797
Iowa#219181 in 768
Arkansas#221161 in 787
Montana#22751 in 753
Colorado#237271 in 994
California#2411541 in 1,139
Minnesota#243251 in 980
Arizona#250321 in 1,023
West Virginia#25471 in 880
Oregon#263161 in 941
Nevada#267111 in 1,027
Utah#274181 in 1,092
Kentucky#295181 in 1,141
Kansas#297121 in 1,171
Alabama#301181 in 1,195
Idaho#30281 in 1,079
Washington#309241 in 1,367
Texas#3681001 in 1,751
Nebraska#37761 in 1,470
Indiana#379191 in 1,666
Oklahoma#50481 in 2,210
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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.

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See more about Chase
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 69 spots since 2020 (#123 → #192)
  • Biggest jump: 366 spots in 1982
  • Biggest drop: 19 spots in 2018
Rise & fade · boys
124 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 2009 at #61 (7,394 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1995–2017
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1972–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 268
  • Highest: 1 in 268 boys born in 2009 were named Chase (0.37%)
  • Latest: 1 in 897 boys born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 31.6% of all boys named Chase (57,175) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#936 (1885)#936
1890s5#994 (1890)#994
1900s0——
1910s46#1,885 (1912)#2,829
1920s66#2,630 (1922)#3,441
1930s43#2,159 (1939)#3,398
1940s57#2,225 (1949)#2,806
1950s85#2,414 (1959)#2,681
1960s216#1,339 (1968)#1,812
1970s1,148#684 (1979)#805
1980s16,556#113 (1989)#245
1990s40,311#67 (1998)#96
2000s57,175#61 (2009)#78
2010s50,350#66 (2010)#86
2020s15,097#123 (2020)#151

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.

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