Boys' name · since 1880
Chas
3,213 babies named Chas in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,418 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,009 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,213
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Chas currently ranks #12009 among boys' names in America, with 3,213 babies recorded since 1880.
Chas has 3,213 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12009 as of the latest data, more common than 14% of boys, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,418 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,009 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 3,213 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chas ranks #2,418 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,009 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 3,213 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #2,418 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,009 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,213
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Chas's 3,213 recorded births place it above 94.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Chas compares
3,213 Top 17% higher than 83% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chas's all-time total is 9x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chas | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,213 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 99 | 34 | 22,252 |
Chas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chas's SSA record in two at 1940 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1938, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1915 peak of 99, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chas popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1915)
- 99
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Chas popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 1919 (Chas as girls' name)
Chas by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (576 births, 18% of the file).
1910s was Chas's strongest decade.
576 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Chas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
395 births
- 1890s 208
1890s
208 births
- 1900s 219
1900s
219 births
- 1910s
1910s
576 births
- 1920s
1920s
421 births
- 1930s 79
1930s
79 births
- 1940s 32
1940s
32 births
- 1950s 16
1950s
16 births
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
- 1970s 170
1970s
170 births
- 1980s
1980s
454 births
- 1990s
1990s
365 births
- 2000s 180
2000s
180 births
- 2010s 72
2010s
72 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 576 births (18% of all-time use).
How Chas compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Chas's total volume
Chas by state
Where Chas concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 60 | 1.9% |
| #2 | California | | 58 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 56 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 42 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 37 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 21 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 17 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 11 | 0.3% |
60 of 3,213 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Chas appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Chas's data
- Chas's decade-level peak was the 1910s (576 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Chass (60 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Chas 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.