Chapman
Boy · CHAP-mun · English
Chapman is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “merchant”. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Chapman mean?
English: English surname, from Old English ceapmann
“merchant”
John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, planted apple nurseries across the American frontier.
- Say it
- CHAP-mun
Is Chapman a girl's or a boy's name?
Chapman 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 Chapman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Chapman, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
2025 had more boys named Chapman than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Chapman in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chapman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
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