Chase
#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births · #192 for boys in 2025, 1,904 births
Given to boys 97.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 7,394 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 23 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 181,160since 1885
Chase over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,067 | 35 | #192 | 1,904 |
| 2024 | #3,277 | 48 | #173 | 2,157 |
| 2023 | #3,984 | 37 | #154 | 2,389 |
| 2022 | #3,313 | 48 | #137 | 2,710 |
| 2021 | #3,553 | 43 | #125 | 2,939 |
| 2020 | #3,778 | 38 | #123 | 2,998 |
| 2019 | #3,222 | 49 | #121 | 3,173 |
| 2018 | #2,962 | 55 | #113 | 3,460 |
| 2017 | #3,145 | 51 | #94 | 4,186 |
| 2016 | #2,617 | 67 | #86 | 4,868 |
| 2015 | #2,773 | 63 | #74 | 5,387 |
| 2014 | #2,469 | 73 | #78 | 5,363 |
| 2013 | #2,385 | 76 | #78 | 5,556 |
| 2012 | #2,189 | 86 | #77 | 5,706 |
| 2011 | #2,589 | 69 | #69 | 6,203 |
| 2010 | #2,341 | 81 | #66 | 6,448 |
| 2009 | #2,041 | 100 | #61 | 7,394 |
| 2008 | #1,732 | 128 | #67 | 7,003 |
| 2007 | #1,544 | 148 | #79 | 6,159 |
| 2006 | #1,335 | 174 | #83 | 5,746 |
| 2005 | #1,378 | 156 | #82 | 5,199 |
| 2004 | #1,003 | 235 | #82 | 5,161 |
| 2003 | #1,318 | 156 | #87 | 5,014 |
| 2002 | #1,558 | 120 | #82 | 4,858 |
| 2001 | #1,331 | 144 | #79 | 5,199 |
| 2000 | #1,524 | 119 | #77 | 5,442 |
| 1999 | #1,309 | 138 | #76 | 5,223 |
| 1998 | #952 | 215 | #67 | 5,562 |
| 1997 | #883 | 230 | #77 | 4,964 |
| 1996 | #885 | 223 | #76 | 4,992 |
| 1995 | #1,522 | 102 | #95 | 3,918 |
| 1994 | #2,797 | 43 | #114 | 3,228 |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 | #116 | 3,023 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 | #116 | 3,018 |
| 1991 | #2,886 | 40 | #108 | 3,225 |
| 1990 | #2,957 | 38 | #110 | 3,158 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 | #113 | 2,866 |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 | #127 | 2,308 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | #139 | 2,067 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #142 | 1,966 |
| 1985 | #2,704 | 35 | #133 | 2,127 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | #133 | 2,091 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #149 | 1,823 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | #245 | 938 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #611 | 194 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #655 | 176 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #684 | 155 |
| 1978 | — | #700 | 143 | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #720 | 140 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #722 | 134 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #741 | 126 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #726 | 127 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #740 | 117 |
| 1972 | — | #841 | 91 | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #1,014 | 64 |
| 1970 | — | #1,159 | 51 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,414 | 32 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,339 | 33 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,476 | 27 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,405 | 30 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,997 | 17 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,315 | 13 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,277 | 11 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #2,458 | 10 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
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| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
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| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#315 · 1 in 3,169
- New Mexico#320 · 1 in 2,049
- Oklahoma#345 · 1 in 3,558
- Wisconsin#359 · 1 in 5,755
- Missouri#373 · 1 in 4,592
Best ever in a state: #8 in Missouri, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #315 | 6 | 1 in 3,169 |
| New Mexico | #320 | 5 | 1 in 2,049 |
| Oklahoma | #345 | 6 | 1 in 3,558 |
| Wisconsin | #359 | 6 | 1 in 5,755 |
| Missouri | #373 | 8 | 1 in 4,592 |
| Arizona | #399 | 6 | 1 in 3,488 |
| Texas | #460 | 28 | 1 in 4,404 |
| Indiana | #504 | 5 | 1 in 8,212 |
| North Carolina | #536 | 5 | 1 in 7,512 |
| Pennsylvania | #598 | 6 | 1 in 12,678 |
| Ohio | #680 | 5 | 1 in 16,078 |
| Illinois | #682 | 8 | 1 in 10,469 |
| California | #750 | 15 | 1 in 11,982 |
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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 Chase
- 19 spots since 2024 (#173 → #192)
- 69 spots since 2020 (#123 → #192)
- 118 spots since 2015 (#74 → #192)
- Biggest jump: 366 spots in 1982 (#611 → #245)
- Biggest drop: 19 spots in 2018 (#94 → #113)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 2009 at #61 (7,394 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1995–2017
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1972–2025
- Highest: 1 in 268 boys born in 2009 were named Chase (0.37%)
- Latest: 1 in 897 boys born in 2025 (0.11%)
- 31.6% of all boys named Chase (57,175) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #936 (1885) | #936 |
| 1890s | 5 | #994 (1890) | #994 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 46 | #1,885 (1912) | #2,829 |
| 1920s | 66 | #2,630 (1922) | #3,441 |
| 1930s | 43 | #2,159 (1939) | #3,398 |
| 1940s | 57 | #2,225 (1949) | #2,806 |
| 1950s | 85 | #2,414 (1959) | #2,681 |
| 1960s | 216 | #1,339 (1968) | #1,812 |
| 1970s | 1,148 | #684 (1979) | #805 |
| 1980s | 16,556 | #113 (1989) | #245 |
| 1990s | 40,311 | #67 (1998) | #96 |
| 2000s | 57,175 | #61 (2009) | #78 |
| 2010s | 50,350 | #66 (2010) | #86 |
| 2020s | 15,097 | #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.
Chase in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 321,054 of them was named Chase, which outranked 14.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,762 names at #10,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 11,107 of them was named Chase, which outranked 90.3% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).