Boys' name · since 1979
Chanson
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 200 babies named Chanson, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,941 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 200
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Chanson sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 200 recorded since 1979.
Chanson has 200 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2023.
- #12,941 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 200 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanson ranks #12,941 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 200 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,941 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 200
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Chanson's 200 recorded births place it above 71.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chanson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chanson splits its recorded history at 2009: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chanson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2023
- Peak year (2013)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Chanson by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (82 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Chanson's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Chanson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1980s
1980s
34 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 82 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Chanson's decade-level peak was the 2010s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- 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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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, 1979–2023 (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 Chanson 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.