Chance
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Chance is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “good fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 442nd for boys in the US (711 babies).
What does Chance mean?
English: English word name, from Old French cheance
“good fortune”
An English word name, sometimes also used as a short form of the surname Chauncey.
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Is Chance a girl's or a boy's name?
Chance is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 22 girls and 711 boys in the US.
How popular is Chance in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Chance, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 960th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 33 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Chance than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Chance in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2023, 13% of the babies named Chance in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Chance in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,198 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,131 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,265 |
| 2020 | 33 | #960 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,103 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,067 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,202 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,136 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 16 | #973 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Chance in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 711about 1 in 2,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 711 boys in the US were named Chance, making it the 442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 279th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 2,243 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883. 22 girls were also named Chance in 2025 (5,553rd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Chance than any year since 1989.
Half of all the boys named Chance in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chance in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 711 | #442 |
| 2024 | 762 | #418 |
| 2023 | 853 | #377 |
| 2022 | 985 | #340 |
| 2021 | 1,035 | #322 |
| 2020 | 1,202 | #279 |
| 2019 | 1,214 | #284 |
| 2018 | 1,321 | #270 |
| 2017 | 1,347 | #268 |
| 2016 | 1,347 | #272 |
| 2015 | 1,467 | #250 |
| 2014 | 1,534 | #244 |
| 2013 | 1,520 | #237 |
| 2012 | 1,513 | #238 |
| 2011 | 1,635 | #215 |
| 2010 | 1,440 | #244 |
| 2009 | 1,521 | #236 |
| 2008 | 1,403 | #250 |
| 2007 | 1,472 | #244 |
| 2006 | 1,269 | #274 |
| 2005 | 1,275 | #258 |
| 2004 | 1,321 | #250 |
| 2003 | 1,392 | #240 |
| 2002 | 1,450 | #233 |
| 2001 | 1,542 | #224 |
| 2000 | 1,694 | #212 |
| 1999 | 1,510 | #223 |
| 1998 | 1,542 | #209 |
| 1997 | 1,715 | #191 |
| 1996 | 2,243 | #154 |
| 1995 | 1,631 | #189 |
| 1994 | 1,347 | #216 |
| 1993 | 909 | #301 |
| 1992 | 773 | #329 |
| 1991 | 767 | #328 |
| 1990 | 794 | #316 |
| 1989 | 711 | #327 |
| 1988 | 622 | #340 |
| 1987 | 544 | #358 |
| 1986 | 508 | #368 |
| 1985 | 650 | #313 |
| 1984 | 879 | #250 |
| 1983 | 230 | #556 |
| 1982 | 186 | #636 |
| 1981 | 189 | #621 |
| 1980 | 207 | #605 |
| 1979 | 268 | #514 |
| 1978 | 296 | #469 |
| 1977 | 149 | #695 |
| 1976 | 140 | #700 |
| 1975 | 178 | #611 |
| 1974 | 184 | #587 |
| 1973 | 134 | #689 |
| 1972 | 167 | #610 |
| 1971 | 197 | #586 |
| 1970 | 127 | #727 |
| 1969 | 130 | #694 |
| 1968 | 63 | #910 |
| 1967 | 106 | #720 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,027 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,082 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,051 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,294 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 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 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
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