Chaos — boys' name
151 babies named Chaos in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
151 boys have been named Chaos since 2006, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 151
- total births
- 2006–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Chaos was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Chaos in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chaos
The Social Security Administration has registered 151 babies named Chaos between 2006 and 2025, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chaos currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chaos performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chaos shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chaos 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 151 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.
Chaos at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chaos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2006
- Peak year (2021)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
151 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 22 births in a single year.
Chaos by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 74 births that decade — 49% of Chaos's all-time total
Chaos decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Chaos's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.