Chauncey
Chauncey was given to 23 boys in 2025, #4,421 among boys’ names; 10,193 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,990 Americans named Chauncey and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 25 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Chauncey by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Chauncey mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Chauncey is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
From the Norman name based on several locations in France called Chancé.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Chauncey?
#4,421 among boys’ names, 2025
Chauncey fell from #2,359 in 2015 to #4,421 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 28.7 to 13.5 per million.
188 babies in 1981, the peak
Chauncey peaked in 1981, when 188 babies were given it (173 boys, #648 among boys’ names). The 23 births of 2025 are 12% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,421 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,920 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,725 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,548 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,192 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,080 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,815 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,448 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,763 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,172 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 55 | #2,359 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,923 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,046 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,074 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 89 | #1,678 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 83 | #1,781 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 95 | #1,656 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 111 | #1,478 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 111 | #1,450 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 110 | #1,418 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 123 | #1,266 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 123 | #1,229 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,366 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 80 | #1,542 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,283 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,238 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 107 | #1,192 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 147 | #948 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 147 | #921 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 116 | #1,048 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 113 | #1,051 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 112 | #1,049 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 91 | #1,165 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 108 | #1,052 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 99 | #1,091 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 119 | #948 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 131 | #876 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 122 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 124 | #838 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 128 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 125 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 147 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 142 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 159 | #687 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 173 | #648 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 159 | #687 | 0.09 |
| 1979 | 151 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1978 | 158 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1977 | 111 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 83 | #912 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 120 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 113 | #761 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 94 | #818 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 81 | #890 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 77 | #928 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 98 | #818 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 70 | #912 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 86 | #800 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 64 | #900 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 80 | #813 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 62 | #936 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 75 | #883 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 83 | #829 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 77 | #861 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 82 | #846 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 59 | #997 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 61 | #986 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 71 | #894 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 65 | #938 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,055 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 70 | #884 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 70 | #878 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 59 | #932 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,030 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 67 | #851 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,008 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,063 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,063 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,109 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,077 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,007 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,153 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,283 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 51 | #930 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,052 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,231 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,055 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 45 | #939 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 42 | #969 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 46 | #906 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 52 | #873 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,062 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 49 | #887 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 65 | #786 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 55 | #861 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 63 | #815 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 51 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 59 | #866 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 63 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 69 | #785 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 65 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 67 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 68 | #817 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 83 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 84 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 73 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 68 | #783 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 76 | #737 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 76 | #694 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 68 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 70 | #699 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 55 | #687 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 42 | #714 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 44 | #626 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 17 | #796 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 32 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1909 | 16 | #688 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 13 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 14 | #707 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 17 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 17 | #576 | 0.13 |
| 1904 | 22 | #453 | 0.17 |
| 1903 | 23 | #416 | 0.19 |
| 1902 | 22 | #441 | 0.18 |
| 1901 | 12 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1900 | 22 | #493 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 18 | #441 | 0.17 |
| 1898 | 21 | #438 | 0.17 |
| 1897 | 20 | #424 | 0.18 |
| 1896 | 20 | #442 | 0.17 |
| 1895 | 29 | #340 | 0.25 |
| 1894 | 28 | #337 | 0.24 |
| 1893 | 23 | #372 | 0.20 |
| 1892 | 38 | #298 | 0.31 |
| 1891 | 27 | #326 | 0.27 |
| 1890 | 37 | #284 | 0.33 |
| 1889 | 29 | #323 | 0.26 |
| 1888 | 24 | #377 | 0.20 |
| 1887 | 28 | #311 | 0.28 |
| 1886 | 21 | #385 | 0.19 |
| 1885 | 25 | #346 | 0.23 |
| 1884 | 21 | #386 | 0.18 |
| 1883 | 30 | #299 | 0.29 |
| 1882 | 17 | #437 | 0.15 |
| 1881 | 26 | #319 | 0.26 |
| 1880 | 32 | #292 | 0.29 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Chauncey a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 10,193 Americans recorded as Chauncey, 5% are girls and 95% boys. In 2025 it went to 23 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Chauncey: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Chauncey, and how old are they?
6,990 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 10,193 Americans ever recorded as Chauncey. The median Chauncey alive today is 39 years old; half are between 25 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 5,801 people named Chauncey (452 women and girls, 5,349 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,125 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 140 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 803 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,540 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,170 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,740 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 581 |
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 Chauncey born?
The states with the most babies named Chauncey are New York, California and Florida, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 612 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 397 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 394 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Georgia | 304 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 284 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 281 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 278 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 219 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 154 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 139 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Chauncey is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Chauncey is most over-represented in Florida: since 1910 it was given 1.2 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 Chauncey 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 7 names spelled alike, given to 70,315 babies since 1880, Chauncey is the second most given (14% of them). In 2025 it was given to 23 of their 763 babies (3.0%), again the second 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 Chauncey
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 Chauncey and names like it
- Compare Chauncey and ChanceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sChauncey peaked in 1981.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Chauncey since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Chauncey: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1981The year the most babies were named Chauncey.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Chauncey alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.