Chauncy
- Last seen for girls in 1992 at #11,738
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
- Given to boys 97.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,257since 1883
Chauncy over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Chauncy has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,334 | 17 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,067 | 18 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,640 | 20 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,631 | 18 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,129 | 21 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,302 | 18 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,922 | 20 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,704 | 20 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,552 | 33 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,351 | 21 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,100 | 22 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,246 | 20 | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | — | #2,915 | 22 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,432 | 28 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | — | #2,305 | 26 | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #2,169 | 27 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #1,962 | 30 |
| 1985 | — | #2,071 | 27 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,979 | 27 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,408 | 20 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,890 | 29 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #1,808 | 31 |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,652 | 33 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,063 | 23 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,124 | 19 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,279 | 17 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,366 | 12 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,858 | 9 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Chauncy! It came in at #720, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Chauncy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Chauncy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Chauncy
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #720 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1883–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,946
- Highest: 1 in 14,946 boys born in 1883 were named Chauncy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 22.2% of all boys named Chauncy (279) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #720 (1883) | #720 |
| 1890s | 11 | #884 (1890) | #979 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,137 (1902) | #1,241 |
| 1910s | 62 | #2,259 (1916) | #2,827 |
| 1920s | 44 | #2,347 (1924) | #3,132 |
| 1930s | 35 | #2,849 (1932) | #3,438 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,133 (1941) | #3,401 |
| 1950s | 31 | #2,531 (1953) | #3,507 |
| 1960s | 90 | #2,366 (1965) | #2,946 |
| 1970s | 195 | #1,652 (1978) | #2,303 |
| 1980s | 279 | #1,766 (1981) | #2,060 |
| 1990s | 211 | #2,432 (1990) | #3,522 |
| 2000s | 175 | #3,922 (2000) | #4,879 |
| 2010s | 80 | #5,675 (2011) | #8,793 |
| 2020s | 16 | #8,825 (2021) | #8,906 |
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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