Chamberlain — boys' name
135 babies named Chamberlain in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
135 boys have been named Chamberlain since 1990, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 135
- total births
- 1990–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Chamberlain was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Chamberlain in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chamberlain
The Social Security Administration has registered 135 babies named Chamberlain between 1990 and 2025, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chamberlain currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Chamberlain is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17 additional births since 1999.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chamberlain performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chamberlain shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chamberlain 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 135 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.
Chamberlain at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chamberlain popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1990
- Peak year (2011)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
135 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 9 births in a single year.
Chamberlain popularity over time — girls
17 total births recorded since 1999 (Chamberlain as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Chamberlain accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chamberlain by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 59 births that decade — 44% of Chamberlain's all-time total
Chamberlain decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Chamberlain's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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, 1990–2025 (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.