Chauncey

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to boys 95.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1890 · 37 births
Debut · boys
32 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,685
since 1880

Chauncey over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #282, 1890boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,39623
2024—#2,91543
2023—#3,71230
2022—#3,53332
2021—#3,18037
2020—#3,07437
2019—#2,80844
2018—#2,44553
2017—#2,75544
2016—#3,16136
2015—#2,35555
2014#16,5135#1,92075
2013#16,5475#2,04466
2012—#2,06666
2011—#1,67589
2010—#1,77883
2009—#1,65495
2008#17,5045#1,478111
2007#17,6365#1,445111
2006—#1,417110
2005—#1,266123
2004#10,6909#1,231123
2003#13,8446#1,36499
2002#12,1877#1,54380
2001#8,19612#1,287102
2000—#1,241107
1999#11,3857#1,194107
1998#7,53212#950147
1997#7,28312#922147
1996#8,13210#1,049116
1995#13,3865#1,053113
1994#4,37623#1,053112
1993#5,41917#1,16891
1992#3,96826#1,055108
1991#5,65916#1,09599
1990#4,00325#949119
1989#4,12123#878131
1988#4,65318#858122
1987#5,07415#836124
1986#4,18619#803128
1985#4,63516#795125
1984#4,47816#719147
1983#6,21210#725142
1982#3,64722#686159
1981#4,74615#647173
1980#5,24513#687159
1979#6,18910#696151
1978#4,93113#666158
1977#5,53211#808111
1976#6,0489#91183
1975#5,51610#759120
1974#5,7769#761113
1973#6,6667#81794
1972#6,5587#88981
1971#8,3245#92877
1970#5,4139#81898
1969#6,6176#91170
1968—#79986
1967#6,0426#90064
1966#6,5645#81280
1965—#93462
1964—#88175
1963—#82983
1962#6,5785#86277
1961—#84682
1960—#99659
1959—#98761
1958#5,4086#89271
1957#6,0865#93665
1956—#1,05651
1955—#88570
1954—#87670
1953—#93259
1952#5,5635#1,02749
1951—#85267
1950—#1,00648
1949—#1,06344
1948—#1,06344
1947—#1,10843
1946—#1,07641
1945—#1,00640
1944—#1,15233
1943—#1,28029
1942—#92851
1941—#1,05138
1940—#1,22730
1939—#1,05237
1938—#93945
1937—#96742
1936—#90646
1935—#87252
1934—#1,05938
1933—#88549
1932—#78665
1931—#85855
1930—#81563
1929—#94051
1928—#86259
1927—#84963
1926—#78369
1925—#82265
1924—#82367
1923—#81568
1922—#71783
1921—#71584
1920—#77573
1919—#78368
1918—#73376
1917#4,0836#69476
1916—#73468
1915—#69870
1914—#68755
1913—#71142
1912—#62244
1911—#79317
1910—#49232
1909—#67916
1908—#74413
1907—#69914
1906—#56817
1905—#57417
1904—#45222
1903—#41123
1902—#44022
1901—#59612
1900—#49022
1899—#43818
1898—#43521
1897—#42220
1896—#43820
1895—#34029
1894—#33628
1893—#37123
1892—#29838
1891—#32527
1890—#28237
1889—#32229
1888—#37724
1887—#31128
1886—#38321
1885—#34425
1884—#38621
1883—#29830
1882—#43717
1881—#31826
1880—#29132
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Chauncey was already there! It came in at #291, and was given to 32 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

Where Chauncey is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Chauncey
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,481 spots since 2024 (#2,915 → #4,396)
  • 1,322 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #4,396)
  • 2,041 spots since 2015 (#2,355 → #4,396)
  • Biggest jump: 187 spots in 1910 (#679 → #492)
  • Biggest drop: 352 spots in 1943 (#928 → #1,280)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1890 at #282 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 99 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 99 yrs · run 1880–1933
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,001
  • Highest: 1 in 3,001 boys born in 1890 were named Chauncey (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 14.6% of all boys named Chauncey (1,410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s253#291 (1880)#347
1890s261#282 (1890)#369
1900s178#411 (1903)#565
1910s548#492 (1910)#695
1920s682#715 (1921)#810
1930s492#786 (1932)#914
1940s393#928 (1942)#1,095
1950s611#852 (1951)#945
1960s738#799 (1968)#877
1970s1,086#666 (1978)#805
1980s1,410#647 (1981)#763
1990s1,159#922 (1997)#1,049
2000s1,061#1,231 (2004)#1,393
2010s611#1,675 (2011)#2,301
2020s202#2,915 (2024)#3,468

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.

Chauncey in 1886

boys
#383
21 births · 1 in 5,275 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #383Chauncey21
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 5,275 of them was named Chauncey, which outranked 65.5% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chauncey
  1. #369Sim22
  2. #369Taylor22
  3. #369Vern22
  4. #383Chauncey21
  5. #383Allie21
  6. #383Burl21
  7. #383Freeman21
  8. #397Clair20
  9. #397Hans20
  10. #397Jonas20

Tied with 13 names at #383; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 505Thornton#936 → #431
  2. ↑ 485Oswald#936 → #451
  3. ↑ 445Evans#936 → #491
  4. ↑ 396Grace#936 → #540
  5. ↑ 385Abel#836 → #451
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Adelbert#462 → #959
  2. ↓ 438Carey#521 → #959
  3. ↓ 412Santiago#547 → #959
  4. ↓ 382Brooks#577 → #959
  5. ↓ 355Alma#604 → #959

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

See the top 100 for 1886 →