Champ
Champ was given to 25 boys in 2025, #4,153 among boys’ names; 1,289 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Champ by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Champ?
#4,153 among boys’ names, 2025
Champ fell from #3,090 in 2015 to #4,153 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 19.3 to 14.6 per million.
42 babies in 2012, the peak
Champ peaked in 2012, when 42 boys were given it, #2,822 among boys’ names. The 25 births of 2025 are 60% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,153 | 14.6 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,902 | 16.3 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,429 | 19.9 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,421 | 19.5 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,749 | 16.6 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,660 | 16.8 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,808 | 15.6 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,380 | 18.2 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,125 | 13.5 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,008 | 20.6 |
Every recorded year (88)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 37 | #3,090 | 19.3 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,705 | 14.6 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,770 | 22.2 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,822 | 22.1 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,177 | 18.4 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,919 | 20.8 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,650 | 14.6 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,752 | 13.7 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,800 | 13.0 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,394 | 15.1 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,657 | 9.0 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,858 | 6.5 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,958 | 4.0 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,754 | 4.1 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,637 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,324 | 6.6 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,677 | 3.3 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,463 | 3.5 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,729 | 3.2 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,463 | 3.4 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,311 | 3.2 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,745 | 3.5 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,611 | 3.4 |
| 1966 | 5 | #4,030 | 2.8 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,696 | 2.8 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,720 | 2.8 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,665 | 2.8 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,594 | 2.8 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,053 | 3.7 |
| 1955 | 8 | #3,004 | 3.9 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,502 | 2.9 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,414 | 5.6 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,700 | 4.6 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,795 | 2.7 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,603 | 5.0 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,636 | 5.1 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,466 | 5.7 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,689 | 4.9 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,226 | 3.7 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,395 | 3.7 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,501 | 3.7 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,762 | 5.6 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,283 | 8.0 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,226 | 9.0 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,347 | 8.6 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,099 | 10.8 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,710 | 7.5 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,667 | 7.7 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,750 | 7.7 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,777 | 7.7 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,052 | 7.1 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,432 | 5.7 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,445 | 5.8 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,800 | 8.4 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,943 | 8.0 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,593 | 9.9 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,615 | 9.9 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,547 | 6.2 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,518 | 6.4 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,362 | 11.9 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,516 | 22.7 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,479 | 11.3 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,403 | 12.2 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,550 | 22.7 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,760 | 19.4 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,706 | 20.2 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,565 | 23.6 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,449 | 27.5 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,454 | 27.3 |
| 1912 | 27 | #861 | 62.8 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,050 | 48.7 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,031 | 48.9 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,347 | 33.2 |
| 1897 | 6 | #962 | 53.2 |
| 1896 | 7 | #911 | 58.5 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,092 | 41.0 |
| 1887 | 6 | #838 | 59.2 |
| 1881 | 5 | #887 | 49.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Champ a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Champ has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 88 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Champ: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Champ, and how old are they?
An estimated 842 Americans named Champ and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 14 years old and half are between 8 and 20. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 831 people named Champ (26 women and girls, 805 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 708 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Champ and names like it
- The most given names of the 2010sChamp peaked in 2012.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Champ since 1910.
- The top names of 2012The year the most babies were named Champ.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Champ alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.