Chuck
#8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 1,285 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,871since 1914
Chuck over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Chuck has never cracked the top 200 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #5,661 | 15 |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #2,455 | 30 |
| 1992 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | #2,683 | 25 |
| 1990 | #2,012 | 37 |
| 1989 | #1,993 | 36 |
| 1988 | #1,467 | 52 |
| 1987 | #1,506 | 47 |
| 1986 | #1,419 | 49 |
| 1985 | #1,258 | 58 |
| 1984 | #1,214 | 57 |
| 1983 | #1,095 | 66 |
| 1982 | #1,013 | 80 |
| 1981 | #1,101 | 68 |
| 1980 | #1,145 | 63 |
| 1979 | #984 | 81 |
| 1978 | #860 | 100 |
| 1977 | #728 | 137 |
| 1976 | #666 | 151 |
| 1975 | #559 | 209 |
| 1974 | #607 | 175 |
| 1973 | #581 | 186 |
| 1972 | #526 | 226 |
| 1971 | #491 | 268 |
| 1970 | #439 | 346 |
| 1969 | #390 | 408 |
| 1968 | #404 | 364 |
| 1967 | #394 | 373 |
| 1966 | #358 | 435 |
| 1965 | #312 | 592 |
| 1964 | #274 | 794 |
| 1963 | #247 | 973 |
| 1962 | #229 | 1,117 |
| 1961 | #217 | 1,285 |
| 1960 | #218 | 1,273 |
| 1959 | #224 | 1,221 |
| 1958 | #259 | 905 |
| 1957 | #304 | 629 |
| 1956 | #413 | 341 |
| 1955 | #511 | 206 |
| 1954 | #605 | 149 |
| 1953 | #557 | 161 |
| 1952 | #569 | 150 |
| 1951 | #566 | 146 |
| 1950 | #466 | 205 |
| 1949 | #419 | 265 |
| 1948 | #378 | 325 |
| 1947 | #363 | 356 |
| 1946 | #355 | 334 |
| 1945 | #380 | 245 |
| 1944 | #422 | 207 |
| 1943 | #460 | 187 |
| 1942 | #470 | 173 |
| 1941 | #510 | 134 |
| 1940 | #524 | 123 |
| 1939 | #629 | 87 |
| 1938 | #577 | 103 |
| 1937 | #581 | 98 |
| 1936 | #690 | 73 |
| 1935 | #741 | 68 |
| 1934 | #716 | 73 |
| 1933 | #869 | 51 |
| 1932 | #937 | 48 |
| 1931 | #1,253 | 30 |
| 1930 | #1,259 | 32 |
| 1929 | #1,378 | 27 |
| 1928 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1927 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1926 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1925 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
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| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
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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 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- South Dakota#171 · 1 in 972
- Nebraska#219 · 1 in 1,913
- Arkansas#264 · 1 in 1,993
- Oklahoma#315 · 1 in 2,890
- Tennessee#331 · 1 in 3,458
Best ever in a state: #97 in Wyoming, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #171 | 5 | 1 in 972 |
| Nebraska | #219 | 6 | 1 in 1,913 |
| Arkansas | #264 | 8 | 1 in 1,993 |
| Oklahoma | #315 | 7 | 1 in 2,890 |
| Tennessee | #331 | 10 | 1 in 3,458 |
| Kentucky | #344 | 7 | 1 in 4,163 |
| Mississippi | #372 | 6 | 1 in 3,553 |
| North Carolina | #372 | 11 | 1 in 4,046 |
| Louisiana | #377 | 11 | 1 in 3,008 |
| South Carolina | #384 | 6 | 1 in 3,900 |
| Wisconsin | #386 | 5 | 1 in 6,783 |
| Alabama | #389 | 7 | 1 in 4,310 |
| Michigan | #396 | 14 | 1 in 5,466 |
| Georgia | #402 | 10 | 1 in 4,385 |
| Indiana | #404 | 8 | 1 in 5,729 |
| Missouri | #405 | 7 | 1 in 5,462 |
| Florida | #424 | 12 | 1 in 4,484 |
| Texas | #462 | 26 | 1 in 4,387 |
| Ohio | #488 | 10 | 1 in 9,217 |
| Illinois | #492 | 14 | 1 in 6,503 |
| Pennsylvania | #515 | 8 | 1 in 11,051 |
| California | #576 | 20 | 1 in 8,080 |
| New York | #807 | 8 | 1 in 17,132 |
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | #2,457 (1914) | #2,879 |
| 1920s | 193 | #1,272 (1928) | #2,000 |
| 1930s | 663 | #577 (1938) | #825 |
| 1940s | 2,349 | #355 (1946) | #428 |
| 1950s | 4,113 | #224 (1959) | #447 |
| 1960s | 7,614 | #217 (1961) | #304 |
| 1970s | 1,879 | #439 (1970) | #644 |
| 1980s | 576 | #1,013 (1982) | #1,321 |
| 1990s | 225 | #2,012 (1990) | #3,361 |
| 2000s | 112 | #4,389 (2000) | #7,096 |
| 2010s | 87 | #5,507 (2015) | #8,274 |
| 2020s | 36 | #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 1971
boys
#491
268 births · 1 in 6,599 boys
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 6,599 of them was named Chuck, which outranked 91.3% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).