Chuck

#8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births

Peak · boys
1961 · 1,285 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,871
since 1914

Chuck over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #217, 1961boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#8,2439
2024—
2023#10,8216
2022#7,76810
2021#10,7996
2020#12,0225
2019#8,8898
2018#8,1549
2017#8,8408
2016#6,72612
2015#5,50716
2014#6,30713
2013#9,6557
2012#8,1589
2011—
2010#12,2315
2009#7,69210
2008#9,8717
2007#5,66115
2006#6,90411
2005#7,6409
2004#11,3565
2003#7,2459
2002#5,72512
2001#4,47617
2000#4,38917
1999#5,31712
1998#4,19716
1997#3,45520
1996#3,40620
1995#4,50813
1994#3,21521
1993#2,45530
1992#2,36231
1991#2,68325
1990#2,01237
1989#1,99336
1988#1,46752
1987#1,50647
1986#1,41949
1985#1,25858
1984#1,21457
1983#1,09566
1982#1,01380
1981#1,10168
1980#1,14563
1979#98481
1978#860100
1977#728137
1976#666151
1975#559209
1974#607175
1973#581186
1972#526226
1971#491268
1970#439346
1969#390408
1968#404364
1967#394373
1966#358435
1965#312592
1964#274794
1963#247973
1962#2291,117
1961#2171,285
1960#2181,273
1959#2241,221
1958#259905
1957#304629
1956#413341
1955#511206
1954#605149
1953#557161
1952#569150
1951#566146
1950#466205
1949#419265
1948#378325
1947#363356
1946#355334
1945#380245
1944#422207
1943#460187
1942#470173
1941#510134
1940#524123
1939#62987
1938#577103
1937#58198
1936#69073
1935#74168
1934#71673
1933#86951
1932#93748
1931#1,25330
1930#1,25932
1929#1,37827
1928#1,27232
1927#1,40728
1926#1,27832
1925#2,43512
1924#2,04316
1923#2,61411
1922#2,48612
1921#2,63211
1920#2,45912
1919#2,66510
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1914#2,4578
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Chuck! It came in at #2,457, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Chuck is popular in 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #305 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,489 boysMNIllinois: #507 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 13,273 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedWIMichigan: #481 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 13,361 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedINOhio: #340 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 6,828 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #480 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 9,036 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedNEMissouri: #411 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,800 boysMOKentucky: #405 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,378 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedARTennessee: #380 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,946 boysTNNorth Carolina: #551 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,026 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #307 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,096 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedMSAlabama: #467 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,759 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedHITexas: #779 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 15,146 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Chuck, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#305 · 1 in 6,489
  2. Oklahoma#307 · 1 in 3,096
  3. Ohio#340 · 1 in 6,828
  4. Tennessee#380 · 1 in 5,946
  5. Kentucky#405 · 1 in 7,378

Best ever in a state: #97 in Wyoming, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#30561 in 6,489
Oklahoma#30781 in 3,096
Ohio#340161 in 6,828
Tennessee#38071 in 5,946
Kentucky#40551 in 7,378
Missouri#41161 in 7,800
Alabama#46751 in 7,759
California#480171 in 9,036
Michigan#48171 in 13,361
Illinois#50781 in 13,273
North Carolina#55151 in 11,026
Texas#77981 in 15,146
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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 Chuck
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 3,779 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #8,243)
  • 2,736 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #8,243)
  • Biggest jump: 316 spots in 1932 (#1,253 → #937)
  • Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1980 (#984 → #1,145)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1961 at #217 (1,285 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1932–1979
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,653
  • Highest: 1 in 1,653 boys born in 1961 were named Chuck (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 42.6% of all boys named Chuck (7,614) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s24#2,457 (1914)#2,879
1920s193#1,272 (1928)#2,000
1930s663#577 (1938)#825
1940s2,349#355 (1946)#428
1950s4,113#224 (1959)#447
1960s7,614#217 (1961)#304
1970s1,879#439 (1970)#644
1980s576#1,013 (1982)#1,321
1990s225#2,012 (1990)#3,361
2000s112#4,389 (2000)#7,096
2010s87#5,507 (2015)#8,274
2020s36#7,768 (2022)#9,931

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.

Chuck in 1954

boys
#605
149 births · 1 in 13,683 boys

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #605Chuck149
More about 1954

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 13,683 of them was named Chuck, which outranked 86.1% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chuck
  1. #600Merlin151
  2. #600Otto151
  3. #604Donnell150
  4. #605Chuck149
  5. #605Corey149
  6. #605Geary149
  7. #605Guillermo149
  8. #609Val148
  9. #610Rogelio147
  10. #611Adolph146

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

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →