Boys' name · since 1988
Chaze
206 babies named Chaze in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,770 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 206
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
206 boys have been named Chaze since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaze has been recorded 206 times among boys since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2024.
- #12,770 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 206 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaze ranks #12,770 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 206 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,770 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 206
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chaze's 206 recorded births place it above 71.86% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chaze's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chaze's full recorded timeline at 2002, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chaze popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2024
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Chaze by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (70 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Chaze's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Chaze births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 70 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Chaze's data
- Chaze's decade-level peak was the 2000s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chaze: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1988–2024 (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 Chaze 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.