Champion
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHAM-pee-on
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Champion is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “fighter, winner”. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Champion mean?
English: English word and surname, via Old French from Late Latin campio
“fighter, winner”
From Late Latin campio, 'fighter', from campus, 'field'; also an English surname.
Is Champion a girl's or a boy's name?
Champion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Champion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Champion, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,139th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 71 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Champion than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Champion in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Champion in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,789 |
| 2023 | 52 | #2,540 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,167 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,320 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,139 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,041 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
Nicknames for Champion
- Champ 25 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Champion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caspian Cassian Chozen Callahan Colson Callan Cannon Finnegan Sevyn Deacon Camden Crew
More English names
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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, “Champion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/champion, updated 20 October 2026.