Girls' name · since 1987
Chauncie
18 babies named Chauncie in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,857 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
18 girls have been named Chauncie since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chauncie has been recorded 18 times among girls since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 1992.
- #46,857 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chauncie ranks #46,857 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #46,857 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chauncie's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chauncie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chauncie's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chauncie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1992
- Peak year (1992)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Chauncie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (12 births, 67% of the file).
1990s was Chauncie's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Chauncie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chauncie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1987–1992 (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 Chauncie 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.