Chancelor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHAN-suh-ler
- Origin
- English
Chancelor is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “chief secretary, high official”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chancelor mean?
English: spelling of Chancellor; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Chancellor.
Is Chancelor a girl's or a boy's name?
Chancelor is a boys' name.
How popular is Chancelor in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Chancelor in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chancelor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,421 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 45 | #1,988 |
| 1996 | 44 | #1,982 |
| 1995 | 37 | #2,173 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Nicknames for Chancelor
- Chance 14 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Chancelor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Chancelor
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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, “Chancelor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chancelor, updated 20 October 2026.