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Chauncey

Chauncey was most popular in 1981, when 173 boys got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 4,422 for boys.

10,193babies since 1880
1981most popular year
#284best rank, 1890
#4,422rank in 2025

Babies named Chauncey each year in the US

Girls Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s0253
1890s0261
1900s0178
1910s6548
1920s0682
1930s0492
1940s0393
1950s16611
1960s22738
1970s901,086
1980s1671,410
1990s1531,159
2000s441,061
2010s10611
2020s0202

Chauncey in other countries

Out of every 10,000 boys born each year, how many were named Chauncey.

US England and Wales

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1981 1 in 10,354 #4,422
England and Wales 1990 1 in 35,637 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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