Meaning not yet researched.
Chuck: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 9 in 2025. Its best rank was #217 in 1961.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #217 in 1961; #8,381 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Chuck in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#8,381 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1961, at #217.
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Chuck: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 9 boys in 2025. Peak: #217 in 1961 · most boys in one year: 1,285 (1961).
In 2025, 9 US boys were named Chuck, making it the 8,381st most common boys’ name of the year. Its best rank for boys was #217, reached in 1961. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,285. For comparison, it was #5,555 in 2015 and #466 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Chuck in 107 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1914 with 8 babies. In all, 17,871 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 7,614 babies named Chuck.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 73 US boys were named Chuck; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 12. In 2025 that was about 1 in 189,786 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Charles (2,447,135 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Chuckie, Chucky and Chick are summarised on this page.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Chuckie (621), Chucky (609), Chick (77).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Chuck in the open dataset we use.
Chuck is listed as a nickname for Charles, Charlie, Chick.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 9 | #8,381 |
| 2023 | — | — | 6 | #11,087 |
| 2022 | — | — | 10 | #7,865 |
| 2021 | — | — | 6 | #11,052 |
| 2020 | — | — | 5 | #12,400 |
| 2019 | — | — | 8 | #9,055 |
| 2018 | — | — | 9 | #8,289 |
| 2017 | — | — | 8 | #9,012 |
| 2016 | — | — | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2015 | — | — | 16 | #5,555 |
| 2014 | — | — | 13 | #6,367 |
| 2013 | — | — | 7 | #9,841 |
| 2012 | — | — | 9 | #8,282 |
| 2010 | — | — | 5 | #12,586 |
| 2009 | — | — | 10 | #7,792 |
| 2008 | — | — | 7 | #10,057 |
| 2007 | — | — | 15 | #5,694 |
| 2006 | — | — | 11 | #6,993 |
| 2005 | — | — | 9 | #7,749 |
| 2004 | — | — | 5 | #11,669 |
| 2003 | — | — | 9 | #7,339 |
| 2002 | — | — | 12 | #5,787 |
| 2001 | — | — | 17 | #4,514 |
| 2000 | — | — | 17 | #4,429 |
| 1999 | — | — | 12 | #5,364 |
| 1998 | — | — | 16 | #4,233 |
| 1997 | — | — | 20 | #3,474 |
| 1996 | — | — | 20 | #3,419 |
| 1995 | — | — | 13 | #4,554 |
| 1994 | — | — | 21 | #3,235 |
| 1993 | — | — | 30 | #2,462 |
| 1992 | — | — | 31 | #2,370 |
| 1991 | — | — | 25 | #2,695 |
| 1990 | — | — | 37 | #2,018 |
| 1989 | — | — | 36 | #1,997 |
| 1988 | — | — | 52 | #1,468 |
| 1987 | — | — | 47 | #1,508 |
| 1986 | — | — | 49 | #1,419 |
| 1985 | — | — | 58 | #1,258 |
| 1984 | — | — | 57 | #1,217 |
| 1983 | — | — | 66 | #1,095 |
| 1982 | — | — | 80 | #1,014 |
| 1981 | — | — | 68 | #1,101 |
| 1980 | — | — | 63 | #1,147 |
| 1979 | — | — | 81 | #986 |
| 1978 | — | — | 100 | #860 |
| 1977 | — | — | 137 | #728 |
| 1976 | — | — | 151 | #666 |
| 1975 | — | — | 209 | #559 |
| 1974 | — | — | 175 | #607 |
| 1973 | — | — | 186 | #582 |
| 1972 | — | — | 226 | #526 |
| 1971 | — | — | 268 | #491 |
| 1970 | — | — | 346 | #439 |
| 1969 | — | — | 408 | #390 |
| 1968 | — | — | 364 | #404 |
| 1967 | — | — | 373 | #394 |
| 1966 | — | — | 435 | #358 |
| 1965 | — | — | 592 | #312 |
| 1964 | — | — | 794 | #274 |
| 1963 | — | — | 973 | #247 |
| 1962 | — | — | 1,117 | #229 |
| 1961 | — | — | 1,285 | #217 |
| 1960 | — | — | 1,273 | #218 |
| 1959 | — | — | 1,221 | #224 |
| 1958 | — | — | 905 | #259 |
| 1957 | — | — | 629 | #304 |
| 1956 | — | — | 341 | #413 |
| 1955 | — | — | 206 | #511 |
| 1954 | — | — | 149 | #605 |
| 1953 | — | — | 161 | #558 |
| 1952 | — | — | 150 | #570 |
| 1951 | — | — | 146 | #566 |
| 1950 | — | — | 205 | #466 |
| 1949 | — | — | 265 | #419 |
| 1948 | — | — | 325 | #378 |
| 1947 | — | — | 356 | #363 |
| 1946 | — | — | 334 | #356 |
| 1945 | — | — | 245 | #380 |
| 1944 | — | — | 207 | #422 |
| 1943 | — | — | 187 | #460 |
| 1942 | — | — | 173 | #470 |
| 1941 | — | — | 134 | #510 |
| 1940 | — | — | 123 | #524 |
| 1939 | — | — | 87 | #629 |
| 1938 | — | — | 103 | #577 |
| 1937 | — | — | 98 | #581 |
| 1936 | — | — | 73 | #692 |
| 1935 | — | — | 68 | #742 |
| 1934 | — | — | 73 | #716 |
| 1933 | — | — | 51 | #869 |
| 1932 | — | — | 48 | #940 |
| 1931 | — | — | 30 | #1,258 |
| 1930 | — | — | 32 | #1,262 |
| 1929 | — | — | 27 | #1,386 |
| 1928 | — | — | 32 | #1,273 |
| 1927 | — | — | 28 | #1,412 |
| 1926 | — | — | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1925 | — | — | 12 | #2,460 |
| 1924 | — | — | 16 | #2,061 |
| 1923 | — | — | 11 | #2,649 |
| 1922 | — | — | 12 | #2,513 |
| 1921 | — | — | 11 | #2,661 |
| 1920 | — | — | 12 | #2,482 |
| 1919 | — | — | 10 | #2,706 |
| 1916 | — | — | 6 | #3,575 |
| 1914 | — | — | 8 | #2,484 |
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).