Chalice — girls' name
260 babies named Chalice in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
260 girls have been named Chalice since 1946, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2007.
- 260
- total births
- 1946–2007
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
25% of everyone ever named Chalice was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Chalice in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chalice
The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Chalice between 1946 and 2007, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chalice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chalice performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Chalice shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chalice in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 260 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chalice at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chalice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1946
- Peak year (1990)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
260 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 19 births in a single year.
Chalice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 65 births that decade — 25% of Chalice's all-time total
Chalice decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chalice's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.