Chance
#474 most common boys' name of all time · #1,026 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1883–2025
Rank among boys
#474
Rank overall
#1,026 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
56,010
Since 2016
11,058
Peak year
1996 #154
Best rank
#154 1996
Girls
Boys
peak 2,293/yr
Chance first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 711 | 733 | #442 |
| 2024 | 28 | 762 | 790 | #418 |
| 2023 | 27 | 853 | 880 | #377 |
| 2022 | 23 | 985 | 1,008 | #340 |
| 2021 | 35 | 1,035 | 1,070 | #322 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,202 | 1,222 | #279 |
| 2019 | 30 | 1,214 | 1,244 | #284 |
| 2018 | 36 | 1,321 | 1,357 | #270 |
| 2017 | 27 | 1,347 | 1,374 | #268 |
| 2016 | 33 | 1,347 | 1,380 | #272 |
| 2015 | 29 | 1,467 | 1,496 | #250 |
| 2014 | 34 | 1,534 | 1,568 | #244 |
| 2013 | 34 | 1,520 | 1,554 | #237 |
| 2012 | 30 | 1,513 | 1,543 | #238 |
| 2011 | 25 | 1,635 | 1,660 | #215 |
| 2010 | 27 | 1,440 | 1,467 | #244 |
| 2009 | 15 | 1,521 | 1,536 | #236 |
| 2008 | 28 | 1,403 | 1,431 | #250 |
| 2007 | 37 | 1,472 | 1,509 | #244 |
| 2006 | 42 | 1,269 | 1,311 | #274 |
| 2005 | 36 | 1,275 | 1,311 | #259 |
| 2004 | 50 | 1,321 | 1,371 | #250 |
| 2003 | 44 | 1,392 | 1,436 | #240 |
| 2002 | 29 | 1,450 | 1,479 | #233 |
| 2001 | 35 | 1,542 | 1,577 | #224 |
| 2000 | 31 | 1,694 | 1,725 | #212 |
| 1999 | 50 | 1,510 | 1,560 | #223 |
| 1998 | 48 | 1,542 | 1,590 | #209 |
| 1997 | 41 | 1,715 | 1,756 | #191 |
| 1996 | 50 | 2,243 | 2,293 | #154 |
| 1995 | 36 | 1,631 | 1,667 | #189 |
| 1994 | 39 | 1,347 | 1,386 | #216 |
| 1993 | 33 | 909 | 942 | #301 |
| 1992 | 21 | 773 | 794 | #329 |
| 1991 | 22 | 767 | 789 | #328 |
| 1990 | 22 | 794 | 816 | #317 |
| 1989 | 17 | 711 | 728 | #327 |
| 1988 | 14 | 622 | 636 | #340 |
| 1987 | 17 | 544 | 561 | #358 |
| 1986 | 12 | 508 | 520 | #368 |
| 1985 | 6 | 650 | 656 | #314 |
| 1984 | 18 | 879 | 897 | #250 |
| 1983 | 11 | 230 | 241 | #556 |
| 1982 | 6 | 186 | 192 | #636 |
| 1981 | 11 | 189 | 200 | #621 |
| 1980 | 12 | 207 | 219 | #606 |
| 1979 | 13 | 268 | 281 | #514 |
| 1978 | 11 | 296 | 307 | #471 |
| 1977 | 10 | 149 | 159 | #696 |
| 1976 | 8 | 140 | 148 | #701 |
| 1975 | 15 | 178 | 193 | #611 |
| 1974 | 15 | 184 | 199 | #589 |
| 1973 | 6 | 134 | 140 | #692 |
| 1972 | — | 167 | 167 | #610 |
| 1971 | 6 | 197 | 203 | #586 |
| 1970 | 5 | 127 | 132 | #730 |
| 1969 | — | 130 | 130 | #694 |
| 1968 | — | 63 | 63 | #914 |
| 1967 | 6 | 106 | 112 | #721 |
| 1966 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,034 |
| 1965 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,278 |
| 1964 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,089 |
| 1963 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,058 |
| 1962 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,300 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,127 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,332 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,054 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,997 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,947 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,130 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,600 |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,912 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,875 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #995 |