Boys' name · since 1977
Chancelor
841 babies named Chancelor in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,727 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 841
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
841 boys have been named Chancelor since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chancelor has 841 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2024.
- #5,727 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 841 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chancelor ranks #5,727 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 841 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,727 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 841
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chancelor's 841 recorded births place it above 87.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Chancelor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chancelor's full recorded timeline at 2001, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 45 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chancelor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2024
- Peak year (1997)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Chancelor by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (322 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Chancelor's strongest decade.
322 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Chancelor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 76
1980s
76 births
- 1990s
1990s
322 births
- 2000s
2000s
258 births
- 2010s
2010s
135 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 322 births (38% of all-time use).
How Chancelor 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 Chancelor's total volume
Chancelor by state
Where Chancelor concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 21 | 2.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.6% |
21 of 841 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Chancelor's data
- Chancelor's decade-level peak was the 1990s (322 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Chancelors (21 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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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chancelor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1977–2024 (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 Chancelor 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.