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.

Chaunce

#15,532 most common boys' name of all time · #40,367 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2005

Rank among boys
#15,532
Rank overall
#40,367 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
101
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1994 #4,665
Best rank
#3,938 1972
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
19802000

Chaunce first appears in 1972. 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
2005 — 5 5 #11,921
2002 — 7 7 #8,736
1999 — 6 6 #9,063
1998 — 7 7 #7,869
1997 — 6 6 #8,516
1996 — 7 7 #7,447
1994 — 13 13 #4,665
1992 — 5 5 #8,930
1991 — 5 5 #8,788
1990 — 6 6 #7,562
1989 — 9 9 #5,413
1984 — 5 5 #6,835
1982 — 6 6 #6,063
1981 — 6 6 #5,958
1972 — 8 8 #3,938