Unisex name · since 1978
Chancie
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 191 babies named Chancie, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,284 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 191
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
191 girls have been named Chancie since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chancie has 191 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1978 to 2012.
- #20,284 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 191 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chancie ranks #20,284 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 191 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,284 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 191
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chancie's 191 recorded births place it above 71.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chancie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chancie's full recorded timeline at 1991, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chancie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2012
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Chancie popularity over time - boys
27 total births recorded since 1918 (Chancie as boys' name)
Chancie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (87 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Chancie's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Chancie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
66 births
- 1990s
1990s
87 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 87 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Chancie's data
- Chancie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (87 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chancie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1978–2012 (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 Chancie 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.