Chase

Where Chase comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Chase.

  • From a surname
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Chase through the years
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Chase Budinger born
    American basketball and beach volleyball player
  3. 1994
    Chase Kalisz born
    American swimmer
  4. 2009
    Peak, #61
    7,394 babies named Chase, the most in any year.
  5. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #113.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Chase Budinger · American basketball and beach volleyball player, born 1988
  • Chase Kalisz · American swimmer, born 1994
  • Chase Jackson · American shot putter, born 1994
  • Chase Stokes · American actor, born 1992
  • Chase Ellison · American actor, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.