Chuck
Chuck was given to 9 boys in 2025, #8,377 among boys’ names; 17,871 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 12,700 Americans named Chuck and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 58 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Chuck by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Chuck mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Chuck is “a form of the male given name Charles, of mostly American usage.”
/t͡ʃʌk/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Chuck?
#8,377 among boys’ names, 2025
Chuck fell from #5,551 in 2015 to #8,377 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 8.3 to 5.3 per million.
1,285 babies in 1961, the peak
Chuck peaked in 1961, when 1,285 boys were given it, #217 among boys’ names. The 9 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,377 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 6 | #11,082 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,860 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 6 | #11,046 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,393 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 8 | #9,050 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,285 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 8 | #9,007 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,794 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,551 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (107)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13 | #6,362 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,836 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,276 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,579 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,787 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 7 | #10,050 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,691 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,988 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,742 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,662 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,332 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,780 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,508 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,422 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,358 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,229 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,469 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,413 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,548 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,229 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,456 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,365 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,689 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,013 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,992 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 52 | #1,463 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,506 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 49 | #1,418 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,257 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,216 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,014 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,147 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 81 | #986 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 100 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 137 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 151 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 209 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1974 | 175 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1973 | 186 | #582 | 0.12 |
| 1972 | 226 | #526 | 0.14 |
| 1971 | 268 | #491 | 0.15 |
| 1970 | 346 | #439 | 0.19 |
| 1969 | 408 | #390 | 0.23 |
| 1968 | 364 | #404 | 0.21 |
| 1967 | 373 | #394 | 0.21 |
| 1966 | 435 | #358 | 0.24 |
| 1965 | 592 | #312 | 0.32 |
| 1964 | 794 | #274 | 0.40 |
| 1963 | 973 | #247 | 0.48 |
| 1962 | 1,117 | #229 | 0.54 |
| 1961 | 1,285 | #217 | 0.60 |
| 1960 | 1,273 | #218 | 0.60 |
| 1959 | 1,221 | #224 | 0.57 |
| 1958 | 905 | #259 | 0.43 |
| 1957 | 629 | #304 | 0.29 |
| 1956 | 341 | #412 | 0.16 |
| 1955 | 206 | #510 | 0.10 |
| 1954 | 149 | #604 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 161 | #557 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 150 | #569 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 146 | #565 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 205 | #465 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 265 | #418 | 0.15 |
| 1948 | 325 | #378 | 0.19 |
| 1947 | 356 | #363 | 0.19 |
| 1946 | 334 | #356 | 0.21 |
| 1945 | 245 | #380 | 0.18 |
| 1944 | 207 | #422 | 0.15 |
| 1943 | 187 | #460 | 0.13 |
| 1942 | 173 | #470 | 0.13 |
| 1941 | 134 | #510 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 123 | #524 | 0.11 |
| 1939 | 87 | #629 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 103 | #577 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 98 | #581 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 73 | #692 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 68 | #742 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 73 | #716 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 51 | #869 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 48 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,258 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,262 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,386 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,273 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,412 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,282 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,458 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,061 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,648 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,512 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,660 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,481 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,705 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,574 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,483 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Chuck a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Chuck has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 107 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Chuck: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Chuck, and how old are they?
12,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 17,871 Americans ever recorded as Chuck. The median Chuck alive today is 64 years old; half are between 58 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 17,416 people named Chuck (70 women and girls, 17,346 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 13,989 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 501 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,730 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,560 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 652 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 171 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 108 |
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 Chuck born?
The states with the most babies named Chuck are California, Ohio and Illinois, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,191 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 1,073 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 1,026 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 995 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 903 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 518 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Washington | 487 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Indiana | 471 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 437 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 437 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Chuck is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Chuck is most over-represented in Washington: since 1914 it was given 1.7 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 Chuck with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Chuck
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 Chuck and names like it
- Compare Chuck and RodBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sChuck peaked in 1961.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Chuck since 1910.
- The top names of 1961The year the most babies were named Chuck.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Chuck alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.