Chancellor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHAN-suh-ler
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Chancellor is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “chief secretary, high official”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Chancellor mean?
English: title word, from Latin cancellarius
“chief secretary, high official”
English title word, from Latin cancellarius, an official who worked at the lattice screen of a law court.
Is Chancellor a girl's or a boy's name?
Chancellor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chancellor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Chancellor, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,436th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 131 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Chancellor than any year since 1987.
Half of all the boys named Chancellor in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chancellor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 53 | #2,436 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 73 | #1,993 |
| 2017 | 96 | #1,644 |
| 2016 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 2015 | 86 | #1,767 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 76 | #1,875 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,204 |
| 2005 | 64 | #1,963 |
| 2004 | 72 | #1,745 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,363 |
| 2002 | 107 | #1,265 |
| 2001 | 131 | #1,087 |
| 2000 | 113 | #1,194 |
| 1999 | 85 | #1,380 |
| 1998 | 88 | #1,344 |
| 1997 | 92 | #1,248 |
| 1996 | 73 | #1,419 |
| 1995 | 67 | #1,451 |
| 1994 | 73 | #1,358 |
| 1993 | 57 | #1,572 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 56 | #1,539 |
| 1990 | 42 | #1,835 |
| 1989 | 48 | #1,636 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 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 |
Nicknames for Chancellor
- Chance 14 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Chancellor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cooper, Carter, Colter, Hunter, Connor, Colton, Parker, Cristian, Chase, Taylor, Tucker, Jameson
Names related to Chancellor
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, 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, “Chancellor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chancellor, updated 20 October 2026.