Chess — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chess

The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Chess between 1915 and 2020, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chess currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chess performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chess shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chess 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 29 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.