Chauncey

Where Chauncey comes from

From the Norman name based on several locations in France called Chancé. See Old French chance.
— Wiktionary's entry for Chauncey
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #291 among boys — 32 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1890
    Peak, #282
    37 babies named Chauncey — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #438.
  4. 1976
    Chauncey Billups born
    American basketball player and coach
  5. 1981
    Chauncey Leopardi born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Chauncey Billups · American basketball player and coach, born 1976
  • Chauncey Leopardi · American actor, born 1981
  • Chauncey Sparks · American politician, 1884–1968
  • Chauncey Depew · American politician, 1834–1928
  • Chauncey Wright · American philosopher and mathematician, 1830–1875

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.