Chaz

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251 · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1988 · 526 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,909
since 1974

Chaz over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Chaz has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #379, 1988boys
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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—#4,53922
2024—#2,78946
2023—#3,11739
2022—#2,40858
2021#15,2515#2,27761
2020—#1,92276
2019—#2,08169
2018—#1,83882
2017—#1,541106
2016—#1,501113
2015—#1,427120
2014—#1,436115
2013—#1,475111
2012—#1,367123
2011—#1,155155
2010—#1,119168
2009—#991199
2008#17,5045#949212
2007—#889226
2006—#906214
2005—#896201
2004—#917185
2003—#791220
2002—#814208
2001—#707250
2000#13,1546#701251
1999—#751213
1998—#706236
1997—#663247
1996—#599296
1995—#564329
1994#8,12210#563331
1993#10,5887#521382
1992#8,7349#511393
1991#6,97612#469446
1990#7,88010#449486
1989#5,54515#416499
1988#6,27712#379526
1987#6,78810#502317
1986#4,72416#636198
1985#9,3076#611204
1984#9,1446#627185
1983#8,0477#525252
1982#7,4698#551245
1981—#694154
1980#7,4188#751136
1979—#98481
1978#6,9488#1,37145
1977#9,6525#1,36744
1976—#2,32919
1975—#3,42810
1974—#5,2275
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First appearance
1974

The first year at least five boys were named Chaz! It came in at #5,227, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1974, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Chaz is popular in 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedMNIllinois: #679 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 6,704 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedWIMichigan: #608 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,928 boysMINew York: #575 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 5,208 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedSDIowa: #330 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,379 boysIAIndiana: #529 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,915 boysINOhio: #440 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 4,150 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #994 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 15,493 boysCAUtah: #531 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,189 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedNEMissouri: #585 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,728 boysMOKentucky: #353 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,024 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedWVVirginia: #688 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,840 boysVAMaryland: #581 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,791 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedDEArizona: #579 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,417 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedKSArkansas: #451 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,978 boysARTennessee: #474 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,060 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #572 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,180 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #536 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,122 boysOKLouisiana: #533 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,406 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Chaz, so not publishedMSAlabama: #600 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,060 boysALGeorgia: #672 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,540 boysGAHawaii: #131 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 519 boysHITexas: #1,251 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 19,047 boysTXFlorida: #1,037 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,756 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#131 · 1 in 519
  2. Iowa#330 · 1 in 2,379
  3. Kentucky#353 · 1 in 3,024
  4. Ohio#440 · 1 in 4,150
  5. Arkansas#451 · 1 in 2,978

Best ever in a state: #120 in Hawaii, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#131101 in 519
Iowa#33071 in 2,379
Kentucky#35381 in 3,024
Ohio#440171 in 4,150
Arkansas#45151 in 2,978
Tennessee#47491 in 4,060
Indiana#52981 in 4,915
Utah#53151 in 4,189
Louisiana#53381 in 3,406
Oklahoma#53651 in 4,122
South Carolina#57251 in 4,180
New York#575221 in 5,208
Arizona#57971 in 5,417
Maryland#58161 in 4,791
Missouri#58561 in 5,728
Alabama#60051 in 5,060
Michigan#608101 in 5,928
Georgia#672101 in 5,540
Illinois#679121 in 6,704
Virginia#68861 in 6,840
California#994161 in 15,493
Florida#1,03771 in 12,756
Texas#1,25191 in 19,047
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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 Chaz
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,750 spots since 2024 (#2,789 → #4,539)
  • 2,617 spots since 2020 (#1,922 → #4,539)
  • 3,112 spots since 2015 (#1,427 → #4,539)
  • Biggest jump: 387 spots in 1979 (#1,371 → #984)
  • Biggest drop: 128 spots in 2010 (#991 → #1,119)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1974
  • Peaked 1988 at #379 (526 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1979–2009
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,639
  • Highest: 1 in 3,639 boys born in 1988 were named Chaz (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 33.9% of all boys named Chaz (3,359) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s204#984 (1979)#2,451
1980s2,716#379 (1988)#569
1990s3,359#449 (1990)#580
2000s2,166#701 (2000)#856
2010s1,162#1,119 (2010)#1,494
2020s302#1,922 (2020)#2,842

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.

Chaz in 2000

girls
#13,154
6 births · 1 in 302,673 girls
boys
#701
251 births · 1 in 7,825 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #13,154Chaz6

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #701Chaz251
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 302,673 of them was named Chaz, which outranked 25.5% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chaz
  1. #11,801Zorria7
  2. #11,801Zyaria7
  3. #11,801Zyniah7
  4. #13,154Chaz6
  5. #13,154Aaisha6
  6. #13,154Aaniya6
  7. #13,154Aarica6
  8. #15,031Aaleah5
  9. #15,031Aalexis5
  10. #15,031Aaliayh5

Tied with 1,876 names at #13,154; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 7,825 of them was named Chaz, which outranked 94.2% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chaz
  1. #697Leroy252
  2. #697Mackenzie252
  3. #697Talon252
  4. #701Chaz251
  5. #701Anton251
  6. #703Guadalupe249
  7. #703Winston249
  8. #705Antwan248

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →