Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chancellor

#2,648 most common boys' name of all time · #6,366 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1916–2025

Rank among boys
#2,648
Rank overall
#6,366 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
2,648
Since 2016
550
Peak year
2001 #1,091
Best rank
#1,091 2001
Girls Boys peak 131/yr
192019401960198020002020

Chancellor first appears in 1916. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 23 23 #4,417
2024 — 26 26 #4,090
2023 — 32 32 #3,581
2022 — 38 38 #3,161
2021 — 45 45 #2,779
2020 — 53 53 #2,443
2019 — 67 67 #2,138
2018 5 73 78 #2,002
2017 — 96 96 #1,650
2016 — 92 92 #1,699
2015 — 86 86 #1,769
2014 — 60 60 #2,237
2013 — 51 51 #2,431
2012 — 50 50 #2,496
2011 — 43 43 #2,758
2010 — 41 41 #2,886
2009 — 41 41 #2,909
2008 — 49 49 #2,553
2007 — 76 76 #1,875
2006 — 58 58 #2,208
2005 — 64 64 #1,971
2004 — 72 72 #1,752
2003 — 99 99 #1,367
2002 — 107 107 #1,273
2001 — 131 131 #1,091
2000 — 113 113 #1,199
1999 — 85 85 #1,385
1998 — 88 88 #1,349
1997 — 92 92 #1,256
1996 — 73 73 #1,425
1995 — 67 67 #1,463
1994 — 73 73 #1,364
1993 — 57 57 #1,583
1992 — 36 36 #2,141
1991 — 56 56 #1,551
1990 — 42 42 #1,851
1989 — 48 48 #1,648
1988 — 24 24 #2,467
1987 — 23 23 #2,422
1986 — 18 18 #2,812
1985 — 15 15 #3,111
1984 — 20 20 #2,468
1983 — 11 11 #3,707
1982 — 11 11 #3,788
1981 — 11 11 #3,676
1980 — 5 5 #6,486
1979 — 16 16 #2,816
1978 — 12 12 #3,283
1977 — 6 6 #5,315
1976 — 13 13 #3,000
1975 — 6 6 #4,989
1974 — 7 7 #4,330
1973 — 5 5 #5,332
1972 — 9 9 #3,459
1970 — 10 10 #3,170
1969 — 8 8 #3,437
1968 — 5 5 #4,386
1916 — 5 5 #4,329