Chace
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Chace is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hunter”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
What does Chace mean?
English: variant of Chase, an English surname for a hunter
“hunter”
Chase began as a medieval nickname for a hunter, from Old French chace, 'hunt'.
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Is Chace a girl's or a boy's name?
Chace is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 46 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chace in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Chace, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 45 boys.
Half of all the boys named Chace in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 93 boys in the UK were given Chace or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #459, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
In 1996, 30% of the babies named Chace in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Chace in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,045 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,025 |
| 2014 | 41 | #830 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,017 |
| 2012 | 45 | #790 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,125 |
| 2010 | 40 | #817 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Chace in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,764among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Chace, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,743rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 512 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer boys named Chace than any year since 1988.
Half of all the boys named Chace in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,023 boys in the US were given Chace or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #199, up from #2,764 for this spelling alone.
Chace in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,595 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,613 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,038 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,108 |
| 2020 | 88 | #1,743 |
| 2019 | 97 | #1,658 |
| 2018 | 117 | #1,478 |
| 2017 | 142 | #1,276 |
| 2016 | 169 | #1,141 |
| 2015 | 226 | #934 |
| 2014 | 213 | #981 |
| 2013 | 242 | #872 |
| 2012 | 265 | #825 |
| 2011 | 271 | #810 |
| 2010 | 371 | #647 |
| 2009 | 512 | #528 |
| 2008 | 367 | #661 |
| 2007 | 126 | #1,337 |
| 2006 | 116 | #1,379 |
| 2005 | 100 | #1,459 |
| 2004 | 94 | #1,458 |
| 2003 | 79 | #1,588 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,444 |
| 2001 | 84 | #1,456 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,287 |
| 1999 | 75 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 108 | #1,156 |
| 1997 | 101 | #1,179 |
| 1996 | 106 | #1,118 |
| 1995 | 80 | #1,307 |
| 1994 | 78 | #1,318 |
| 1993 | 68 | #1,402 |
| 1992 | 86 | #1,206 |
| 1991 | 74 | #1,302 |
| 1990 | 60 | #1,447 |
| 1989 | 51 | #1,562 |
| 1988 | 44 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,585 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,543 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,197 |
| 1983 | 42 | #1,469 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
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