Chuck

Where Chuck comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Chuck.

Chuck through the years
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,457 among boys with 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, the most in any year.
  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

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

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.