Champ
Boy · CHAMP · English
Champ is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “champion”. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Champ mean?
English: short for the English word champion
“champion”
Short for champion, from Late Latin campio, 'fighter in the field'.
- Say it
- CHAMP
Is Champ a girl's or a boy's name?
Champ is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Champ in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Champ, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
2025 had fewer boys named Champ than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Champ in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Champ in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,509 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,552 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,441 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 27 | #854 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
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