Chase

Boy · CHAYS · English

Chase is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hunt, hunter”. In 2025 it ranked 513th for boys in the UK (84 babies) and 192nd for boys in the US (1,904 babies).

What does Chase mean?

English: English surname for a huntsman

“hunt, hunter”

From an English surname for a huntsman, from Middle English chace, a hunt.

Say it: CHAYS

Is Chase a girl's or a boy's name?

Chase is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 84 boys in the UK and 35 girls and 1,904 boys in the US.

How popular is Chase in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #513among boys
Babies in 2025: 84about 1 in 3,600 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 48% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 84 boys in the UK were named Chase, making it the 513th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 336th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 329 boys. 3 girls were also named Chase in 2025 (5,990th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Chase than any year since 2007.

Half of all the boys named Chase in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 93 boys in the UK were given Chase or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #459, up from #513 for this spelling alone.

Chase 84
Chace 5
Chayce 4

Girls were 25% of the babies named Chase in the UK in 1996, and 3% in 2025.

Among boys in 2025, it was 517th in England and Wales, 495th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 329 in 20162025

Chase in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	84	#513
2024	85	#514
2023	100	#446
2022	123	#385
2021	126	#392
2020	150	#336
2019	165	#328
2018	201	#283
2017	239	#252
2016	329	#193
2015	266	#236
2014	270	#232
2013	272	#220
2012	254	#226
2011	210	#254
2010	159	#311
2009	148	#317
2008	96	#431
2007	82	#460
2006	53	#605
2005	47	#620
2004	24	#954
2003	33	#720
2002	19	#988
2001	23	#818
2000	17	#990
1999	17	#959
1998	22	#790
1997	27	#671
1996	18	#852

How popular is Chase in the US?

Rank in 2025: #192among boys
Babies in 2025: 1,904about 1 in 900 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 33% in five years
Same name in a class: 1.5%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,904 boys in the US were named Chase, making it the 192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 123rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 7,394 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885. 35 girls were also named Chase in 2025 (4,066th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 10 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Chase than any year since 1983.

Half of all the boys named Chase in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,023 boys in the US were given Chase or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #199.

Chase 1,904
Chace 46
Chayce 45
Chayse 28

1885Busiest: 7,394 in 20092025

Chase in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	1,904	#192
2024	2,157	#173
2023	2,389	#154
2022	2,710	#137
2021	2,939	#125
2020	2,998	#123
2019	3,173	#121
2018	3,460	#113
2017	4,186	#94
2016	4,868	#86
2015	5,387	#74
2014	5,363	#78
2013	5,556	#78
2012	5,706	#77
2011	6,203	#69
2010	6,448	#66
2009	7,394	#61
2008	7,003	#67
2007	6,159	#79
2006	5,746	#83
2005	5,199	#82
2004	5,161	#82
2003	5,014	#87
2002	4,858	#82
2001	5,199	#79
2000	5,442	#77
1999	5,223	#76
1998	5,562	#67
1997	4,964	#77
1996	4,992	#76
1995	3,918	#95
1994	3,228	#114
1993	3,023	#116
1992	3,018	#116
1991	3,225	#108
1990	3,158	#110
1989	2,866	#113
1988	2,308	#127
1987	2,067	#139
1986	1,966	#142
1985	2,127	#133
1984	2,091	#133
1983	1,823	#149
1982	938	#245
1981	194	#611
1980	176	#655
1979	155	#684
1978	143	#700
1977	140	#720
1976	134	#722
1975	126	#741
1974	127	#726
1973	117	#740
1972	91	#841
1971	64	#1,014
1970	51	#1,159
1969	32	#1,414
1968	33	#1,339
1967	27	#1,475
1966	18	#1,813
1965	30	#1,404
1964	18	#1,899
1963	17	#1,956
1962	11	#2,502
1961	17	#1,996
1960	13	#2,313
1959	12	#2,413
1958	8	#3,031
1957	11	#2,492
1956	8	#2,967
1955	10	#2,557
1954	9	#2,742
1953	0	–
1952	9	#2,678
1951	9	#2,660
1950	9	#2,579
1949	12	#2,224
1948	7	#3,009
1947	7	#3,095
1946	0	–
1945	6	#2,995
1944	0	–
1943	11	#2,276
1942	5	#3,559
1941	0	–
1940	9	#2,478
1939	11	#2,159
1938	5	#3,533
1937	0	–
1936	5	#3,548
1935	0	–
1934	0	–
1933	7	#3,003
1932	5	#3,774
1931	5	#3,761
1930	5	#3,999
1929	0	–
1928	7	#3,355
1927	7	#3,450
1926	8	#3,137
1925	8	#3,153
1924	8	#3,259
1923	6	#3,819
1922	11	#2,629
1921	6	#3,867
1920	5	#4,284
1919	7	#3,390
1918	7	#3,367
1917	8	#2,955
1916	0	–
1915	10	#2,457
1914	6	#2,914
1913	0	–
1912	8	#1,884
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	5	#994
1889	0	–
1888	0	–
1887	0	–
1886	0	–
1885	5	#935

Names like Chase

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Cole Blake Tate Jude Cooper Carter Caleb Hunter Rafe Grayson Mason Jace

Other spellings of Chase

Chace Chayce Chayse

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