Chuck

Where Chuck comes from

Chuck hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,457 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1934
    Chuck McCann born
    American voice actor and comedian
  3. 1961
    Peak, #217
    1,285 babies named Chuck — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1962
    Chuck Palahniuk born
    American novelist, essayist
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #312.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Chuck Palahniuk · American novelist, essayist, born 1962
  • Chuck McCann · American voice actor and comedian, 1934–2018
  • Chuck Schumer · American politician, born 1950
  • Chuck Hagel · American soldier and politician, born 1946
  • Chuck Grassley · United States Senator from Iowa since 1981, born 1933

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.