How Many People Are Named Chauncey?
people named Chauncey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 48,590 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,193 babies named Chauncey in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
188 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Norman surname of unknown meaning. It was used as a given name in American in honour of Harvard president Charles Chauncey (1592-1672).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Chauncey, 6.9% were girls and 93.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chauncey alive today is about 38 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chauncey first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1981, to 188 babies. In 2025, 23 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Chauncey has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #284, in 1890. In 2025 it ranked #4,421.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,421 |
| Best rank | #284 (1890) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #761 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chauncey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chauncey were born in Florida than in any other state: about 378 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chauncey was given 2.8 times as often in Georgia, 2.7 times in Florida and 2.4 times in Mississippi.
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