Unisex name · since 1990
Chamberlain
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.
- #15,450 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,576 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
135 babies have been named Chamberlain since 1990, making it today's #12576 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chamberlain has been recorded 135 times among boys since 1990, currently ranked #12576 nationally and more common than 10% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #15,450 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,576 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 135 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chamberlain ranks #15,450 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,576 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 135 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,450 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,576 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Chamberlain's 135 recorded births place it above 65.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Chamberlain compares
135 31st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chamberlain's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chamberlain | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 135 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Chamberlain's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chamberlain's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chamberlain popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Chamberlain popularity over time - girls
17 total births recorded since 1999 (Chamberlain as girls' name)
Chamberlain by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (59 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Chamberlain's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Chamberlain births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 59 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Chamberlain's data
- Chamberlain's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 2020s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chamberlain: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chamberlain draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.