Boys' name · since 1916
Chancellor
Chancellor has 2,643 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,766 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,414 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,643
- born since 1916
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chancellor currently ranks #4414 among boys' names in America, with 2,643 babies recorded since 1916.
Chancellor has 2,643 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4414 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #2,766 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,414 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,643 born since 1916
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chancellor ranks #2,766 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,414 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,643 born since 1916, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,766 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,414 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,643
- born since 1916
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chancellor's 2,643 recorded births place it above 93.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Chancellor compares
2,643 Top 19% higher than 81% of 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
Chancellor's all-time total is 7x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chancellor | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,643 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 131 | 34 | 22,252 |
Chancellor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chancellor's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 131, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chancellor popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 131
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Chancellor popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2018 (Chancellor as girls' name)
Chancellor by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (810 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Chancellor's strongest decade.
810 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Chancellor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 84
1970s
84 births
- 1980s 186
1980s
186 births
- 1990s
1990s
669 births
- 2000s
2000s
810 births
- 2010s
2010s
659 births
- 2020s 217
2020s
217 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 810 births (31% of all-time use).
How Chancellor compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Chancellor's total volume
Chancellor by state
Where Chancellor concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 236 | 8.9% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 153 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 114 | 4.3% |
| #4 | California | | 73 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 57 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 37 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 31 | 1.2% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 30 | 1.1% |
236 of 2,643 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Chancellor appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Chancellor's data
- Chancellor's decade-level peak was the 2000s (810 total births); usage has since declined to 217 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Chancellors (236 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chancellor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Chancellor 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.