Chuck — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chuck

The Social Security Administration has registered 17,864 babies named Chuck between 1914 and 2023, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chuck currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 1,285 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chuck performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 7,615 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Chuck shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,191 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Chuck in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chuck 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 17,864 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.