Chauncy — #8975 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Chauncy

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,257 babies named Chauncy between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chauncy currently holds the #8975 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chauncy performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 279 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Chauncy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Chauncy in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chauncy 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 1,257 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.