How Many People Are Named Chance?
people named Chance are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,253 people in the US has this name
Based on 56,010 babies named Chance in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,293 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Originally a diminutive of CHAUNCEY. It is now usually given in reference to the English word chance meaning "luck, fortune" (ultimately derived from Latin cadens "falling").
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Chance, 2.5% were girls and 97.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chance alive today is about 21 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chance first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1996, to 2,293 babies. In 2025, 733 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Chance has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #154, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #442.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #442 |
| Best rank | #154 (1996) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #238 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chance alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chance were born in Texas than in any other state: about 6,007 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chance was given 3.2 times as often in Montana, 3.1 times in Wyoming and 2.8 times in Oklahoma.
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