Chancelor — #11207 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Chancelor

The Social Security Administration has registered 841 babies named Chancelor between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chancelor currently holds the #11207 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chancelor performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 322 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Chancelor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Chancelor in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chancelor 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 841 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.