Boys' name · since 1981
Chanz
248 babies named Chanz in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,708 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 248
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
248 boys have been named Chanz since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Chanz recorded 248 times among boys since 1981, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2016.
- #11,708 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 248 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanz ranks #11,708 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 248 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,708 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 248
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chanz's 248 recorded births place it above 74.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chanz's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chanz splits its recorded history at 2001: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chanz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2016
- Peak year (2000)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Chanz by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (109 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Chanz's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Chanz births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
83 births
- 2000s
2000s
109 births
- 2010s 34
2010s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 109 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Chanz's decade-level peak was the 2000s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 34 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 Chanz: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1981–2016 (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 Chanz 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.