Chamberlain
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHAYM-ber-lin
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Chamberlain is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “steward of a household”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Chamberlain mean?
English: English occupational surname, from Old French chamberlenc
“steward of a household”
From an English surname for a chamberlain, the officer who ran a noble household; Neville Chamberlain was a British prime minister.
Is Chamberlain a girl's or a boy's name?
Chamberlain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chamberlain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Chamberlain, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Chamberlain in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chamberlain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
Names like Chamberlain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caspian, Colson, Callahan, Cassian, Hudson, Anderson, Elian, Easton, Harrison, Cannon, Camden, Callan
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chamberlain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chamberlain, updated 20 October 2026.