Chase
Chase was given to 1,904 boys in 2025, #192 among boys’ names; 184,958 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 181,000 Americans named Chase and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 13 and 29.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Chase by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Chase mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Chase is “a unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.”
/t͡ʃeɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Chase?
#192 among boys’ names, 2025
Chase fell from #74 in 2015 to #192 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 2.8 to 1.1 per 1,000.
7,494 babies in 2009, the peak
Chase peaked in 2009, when 7,494 babies were given it (7,394 boys, #61 among boys’ names). The 1,939 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 26% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,904 | #192 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 2,157 | #173 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 2,389 | #154 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 2,710 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 2,939 | #125 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 2,998 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 3,173 | #121 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 3,460 | #113 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 4,186 | #94 | 2.3 |
| 2016 | 4,868 | #86 | 2.6 |
Every recorded year (106)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,387 | #74 | 2.8 |
| 2014 | 5,363 | #78 | 2.8 |
| 2013 | 5,556 | #78 | 2.9 |
| 2012 | 5,706 | #77 | 3.0 |
| 2011 | 6,203 | #69 | 3.3 |
| 2010 | 6,448 | #66 | 3.4 |
| 2009 | 7,394 | #61 | 3.7 |
| 2008 | 7,003 | #67 | 3.4 |
| 2007 | 6,159 | #79 | 3.0 |
| 2006 | 5,746 | #83 | 2.8 |
| 2005 | 5,199 | #82 | 2.6 |
| 2004 | 5,161 | #82 | 2.6 |
| 2003 | 5,014 | #87 | 2.5 |
| 2002 | 4,858 | #82 | 2.5 |
| 2001 | 5,199 | #79 | 2.7 |
| 2000 | 5,442 | #77 | 2.8 |
| 1999 | 5,223 | #76 | 2.7 |
| 1998 | 5,562 | #67 | 2.9 |
| 1997 | 4,964 | #77 | 2.6 |
| 1996 | 4,992 | #76 | 2.6 |
| 1995 | 3,918 | #95 | 2.1 |
| 1994 | 3,228 | #114 | 1.7 |
| 1993 | 3,023 | #116 | 1.5 |
| 1992 | 3,018 | #116 | 1.5 |
| 1991 | 3,225 | #108 | 1.6 |
| 1990 | 3,158 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 1989 | 2,866 | #113 | 1.4 |
| 1988 | 2,308 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1987 | 2,067 | #139 | 1.1 |
| 1986 | 1,966 | #142 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 2,127 | #133 | 1.2 |
| 1984 | 2,091 | #133 | 1.2 |
| 1983 | 1,823 | #149 | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 938 | #245 | 0.52 |
| 1981 | 194 | #611 | 0.11 |
| 1980 | 176 | #656 | 0.10 |
| 1979 | 155 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1978 | 143 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 140 | #720 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 134 | #722 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 126 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 127 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 117 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 91 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 64 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 51 | #1,159 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,416 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,343 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 27 | #1,478 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,823 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,410 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,910 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,972 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,531 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 17 | #2,004 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,333 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,434 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,068 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,507 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 8 | #3,005 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,594 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,771 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,702 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,692 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,606 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,243 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,046 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,126 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 6 | #3,039 | under 0.01 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,301 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,646 | under 0.01 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,509 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,184 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,604 | under 0.01 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,628 | under 0.01 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,055 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,859 | under 0.01 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,852 | under 0.01 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,086 | under 0.01 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,409 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,505 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,172 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,190 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,303 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,883 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,656 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,939 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,402 | under 0.01 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,458 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,422 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,992 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,481 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,973 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,912 | 0.02 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,031 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #961 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Chase a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 184,958 Americans recorded as Chase, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 35 girls and 1,904 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Chase: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Chase, and how old are they?
181,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 184,958 Americans ever recorded as Chase. The median Chase alive today is 20 years old; half are between 13 and 29.
The 2020 Census counted 157,104 people named Chase (3,397 women and girls, 153,707 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 167,465 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 17 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 130 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,380 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 39,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 92,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 47,400 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Chase born?
The states with the most babies named Chase are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 24% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 157 | #114 | 0.6× |
| California | 154 | #242 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 135 | #94 | 1.4× |
| Florida | 133 | #163 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 107 | #92 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 100 | #369 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 76 | #156 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 73 | #171 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 69 | #187 | 1.2× |
| North Carolina | 67 | #190 | 1.0× |
Where Chase is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Chase is most over-represented in Missouri: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Chase with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 189,575 babies since 1880, Chase is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,939 of their 1,978 babies (98%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Chase
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Chase and names like it
- Compare Chase and ChayseBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sChase peaked in 2009.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Chase since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Chase: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2009The year the most babies were named Chase.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Chase alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with CMost given first.