Meaning not yet researched.
Chauncey: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 23 in 2025. Its best rank was #284 in 1890.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #284 in 1890; #4,422 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Chauncey in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,422 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1890, at #284.
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Chauncey: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 23 boys in 2025. Peak: #284 in 1890 · most boys in one year: 173 (1981).
In 2025, 23 US boys were named Chauncey, making it the 4,422nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,502 places from #2,920 in 2024. That is 20 fewer than the 43 boys named Chauncey in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #284, reached in 1890. The most boys given the name in a single year was 173, in 1981. For comparison, it was #2,360 in 2015 and #1,009 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Chauncey in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 32 babies with the name. In all, 10,193 US babies have been given the name, 5.0% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 1,577 babies named Chauncey.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 379 US boys were named Chauncey; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 53. In 2025 that was about 1 in 74,264 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Chancey, Chauncy and Chancy are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Chan.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Chancey (1,733), Chauncy (1,290), Chancy (858), Chauncie (18), Chancee (7), Chaunci (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 23 | #4,422 |
| 2024 | — | — | 43 | #2,920 |
| 2023 | — | — | 30 | #3,728 |
| 2022 | — | — | 32 | #3,550 |
| 2021 | — | — | 37 | #3,194 |
| 2020 | — | — | 37 | #3,081 |
| 2019 | — | — | 44 | #2,816 |
| 2018 | — | — | 53 | #2,449 |
| 2017 | — | — | 44 | #2,764 |
| 2016 | — | — | 36 | #3,173 |
| 2015 | — | — | 55 | #2,360 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,123 | 75 | #1,924 |
| 2013 | 5 | #17,103 | 66 | #2,047 |
| 2012 | — | — | 66 | #2,075 |
| 2011 | — | — | 89 | #1,678 |
| 2010 | — | — | 83 | #1,782 |
| 2009 | — | — | 95 | #1,657 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,108 | 111 | #1,478 |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,198 | 111 | #1,450 |
| 2006 | — | — | 110 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | — | — | 123 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,870 | 123 | #1,231 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,222 | 99 | #1,367 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,481 | 80 | #1,545 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,296 | 102 | #1,287 |
| 2000 | — | — | 107 | #1,241 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,615 | 107 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,638 | 147 | #950 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,360 | 147 | #923 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,273 | 116 | #1,050 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,833 | 113 | #1,054 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,401 | 112 | #1,053 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,464 | 91 | #1,169 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,987 | 108 | #1,055 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,716 | 99 | #1,097 |
| 1990 | 25 | #4,028 | 119 | #952 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,143 | 131 | #879 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,686 | 122 | #859 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,111 | 124 | #839 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,219 | 128 | #803 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,663 | 125 | #795 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,516 | 147 | #720 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,296 | 142 | #725 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,668 | 159 | #687 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,771 | 173 | #648 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,283 | 159 | #687 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,269 | 151 | #696 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,976 | 158 | #666 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,574 | 111 | #809 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,124 | 83 | #912 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,596 | 120 | #759 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,836 | 113 | #761 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,780 | 94 | #818 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,666 | 81 | #890 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,524 | 77 | #928 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,462 | 98 | #818 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,748 | 70 | #912 |
| 1968 | — | — | 86 | #800 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,125 | 64 | #900 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,720 | 80 | #813 |
| 1965 | — | — | 62 | #936 |
| 1964 | — | — | 75 | #883 |
| 1963 | — | — | 83 | #829 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,716 | 77 | #862 |
| 1961 | — | — | 82 | #847 |
| 1960 | — | — | 59 | #998 |
| 1959 | — | — | 61 | #987 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,504 | 71 | #895 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,209 | 65 | #939 |
| 1956 | — | — | 51 | #1,056 |
| 1955 | — | — | 70 | #885 |
| 1954 | — | — | 70 | #879 |
| 1953 | — | — | 59 | #933 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,678 | 49 | #1,031 |
| 1951 | — | — | 67 | #852 |
| 1950 | — | — | 48 | #1,009 |
| 1949 | — | — | 44 | #1,064 |
| 1948 | — | — | 44 | #1,064 |
| 1947 | — | — | 43 | #1,110 |
| 1946 | — | — | 41 | #1,078 |
| 1945 | — | — | 40 | #1,008 |
| 1944 | — | — | 33 | #1,153 |
| 1943 | — | — | 29 | #1,284 |
| 1942 | — | — | 51 | #930 |
| 1941 | — | — | 38 | #1,052 |
| 1940 | — | — | 30 | #1,231 |
| 1939 | — | — | 37 | #1,055 |
| 1938 | — | — | 45 | #939 |
| 1937 | — | — | 42 | #969 |
| 1936 | — | — | 46 | #906 |
| 1935 | — | — | 52 | #873 |
| 1934 | — | — | 38 | #1,062 |
| 1933 | — | — | 49 | #887 |
| 1932 | — | — | 65 | #786 |
| 1931 | — | — | 55 | #861 |
| 1930 | — | — | 63 | #815 |
| 1929 | — | — | 51 | #942 |
| 1928 | — | — | 59 | #866 |
| 1927 | — | — | 63 | #849 |
| 1926 | — | — | 69 | #785 |
| 1925 | — | — | 65 | #824 |
| 1924 | — | — | 67 | #824 |
| 1923 | — | — | 68 | #817 |
| 1922 | — | — | 83 | #717 |
| 1921 | — | — | 84 | #717 |
| 1920 | — | — | 73 | #776 |
| 1919 | — | — | 68 | #783 |
| 1918 | — | — | 76 | #737 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,183 | 76 | #694 |
| 1916 | — | — | 68 | #738 |
| 1915 | — | — | 70 | #699 |
| 1914 | — | — | 55 | #687 |
| 1913 | — | — | 42 | #714 |
| 1912 | — | — | 44 | #626 |
| 1911 | — | — | 17 | #797 |
| 1910 | — | — | 32 | #492 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #688 |
| 1908 | — | — | 13 | #751 |
| 1907 | — | — | 14 | #707 |
| 1906 | — | — | 17 | #571 |
| 1905 | — | — | 17 | #576 |
| 1904 | — | — | 22 | #453 |
| 1903 | — | — | 23 | #416 |
| 1902 | — | — | 22 | #441 |
| 1901 | — | — | 12 | #607 |
| 1900 | — | — | 22 | #493 |
| 1899 | — | — | 18 | #441 |
| 1898 | — | — | 21 | #438 |
| 1897 | — | — | 20 | #424 |
| 1896 | — | — | 20 | #442 |
| 1895 | — | — | 29 | #340 |
| 1894 | — | — | 28 | #337 |
| 1893 | — | — | 23 | #372 |
| 1892 | — | — | 38 | #298 |
| 1891 | — | — | 27 | #326 |
| 1890 | — | — | 37 | #284 |
| 1889 | — | — | 29 | #323 |
| 1888 | — | — | 24 | #377 |
| 1887 | — | — | 28 | #311 |
| 1886 | — | — | 21 | #385 |
| 1885 | — | — | 25 | #346 |
| 1884 | — | — | 21 | #386 |
| 1883 | — | — | 30 | #299 |
| 1882 | — | — | 17 | #437 |
| 1881 | — | — | 26 | #319 |
| 1880 | — | — | 32 | #292 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).