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.

Chanse

#4,344 most common boys' name of all time · #10,661 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1963–2025

Rank among boys
#4,344
Rank overall
#10,661 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,179
Since 2016
142
Peak year
1996 #1,893
Best rank
#1,849 1997
Girls Boys peak 54/yr
198020002020

Chanse first appears in 1963. 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 — 7 7 #9,898
2024 — 10 10 #7,885
2023 — 8 8 #9,092
2022 — 10 10 #7,882
2021 — 15 15 #5,834
2020 — 18 18 #5,101
2019 — 15 15 #5,877
2018 — 27 27 #3,926
2017 — 14 14 #6,135
2016 — 18 18 #5,179
2015 — 24 24 #4,212
2014 — 33 33 #3,319
2013 — 26 26 #3,897
2012 — 30 30 #3,556
2011 — 30 30 #3,538
2010 — 25 25 #4,032
2009 — 26 26 #3,955
2008 — 26 26 #3,962
2007 — 32 32 #3,412
2006 — 28 28 #3,632
2005 — 26 26 #3,651
2004 — 27 27 #3,489
2003 — 29 29 #3,222
2002 — 29 29 #3,139
2001 — 35 35 #2,710
2000 — 37 37 #2,545
1999 — 31 31 #2,752
1998 5 47 52 #2,025
1997 — 51 51 #1,849
1996 6 48 54 #1,893
1995 5 42 47 #2,007
1994 — 42 42 #1,998
1993 — 39 39 #2,075
1992 — 22 22 #3,052
1991 — 21 21 #3,044
1990 — 23 23 #2,829
1989 — 21 21 #2,953
1988 — 16 16 #3,285
1987 — 14 14 #3,446
1986 — 8 8 #5,087
1985 — 15 15 #3,153
1984 — 20 20 #2,504
1983 — 11 11 #3,782
1982 — 7 7 #5,304
1981 — 10 10 #4,031
1980 — 7 7 #5,233
1979 — 9 9 #4,263
1978 — 8 8 #4,389
1977 — 9 9 #4,022
1975 — 7 7 #4,616
1972 — 6 6 #4,816
1971 — 6 6 #4,747
1969 — 7 7 #3,879
1967 — 5 5 #4,450
1963 — 6 6 #4,029