Chatham
Boy · CHAT-um · English
Chatham is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “homestead in the wood”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chatham mean?
English: English place name
“homestead in the wood”
Chatham in Kent had a historic Royal Navy dockyard; William Pitt the Elder was Earl of Chatham.
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Is Chatham a girl's or a boy's name?
Chatham is a boys' name.
How popular is Chatham in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Chatham in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chatham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
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