Chauncey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHAWN-see
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Chauncey is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Chauncey mean?
French: Norman French surname taken from a place name
In New England it was given in honour of Charles Chauncy, the second president of Harvard College.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Chauncey a girl's or a boy's name?
Chauncey 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 Chauncey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Chauncey, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 1981, with 173 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Chauncey than any year since 1911.
Half of all the boys named Chauncey in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chauncey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,444 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 55 | #2,354 |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,919 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,043 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,065 |
| 2011 | 89 | #1,675 |
| 2010 | 83 | #1,777 |
| 2009 | 95 | #1,653 |
| 2008 | 111 | #1,478 |
| 2007 | 111 | #1,445 |
| 2006 | 110 | #1,417 |
| 2005 | 123 | #1,265 |
| 2004 | 123 | #1,229 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,363 |
| 2002 | 80 | #1,540 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,238 |
| 1999 | 107 | #1,192 |
| 1998 | 147 | #948 |
| 1997 | 147 | #920 |
| 1996 | 116 | #1,047 |
| 1995 | 113 | #1,050 |
| 1994 | 112 | #1,049 |
| 1993 | 91 | #1,164 |
| 1992 | 108 | #1,052 |
| 1991 | 99 | #1,089 |
| 1990 | 119 | #945 |
| 1989 | 131 | #875 |
| 1988 | 122 | #857 |
| 1987 | 124 | #835 |
| 1986 | 128 | #803 |
| 1985 | 125 | #795 |
| 1984 | 147 | #719 |
| 1983 | 142 | #725 |
| 1982 | 159 | #686 |
| 1981 | 173 | #647 |
| 1980 | 159 | #687 |
| 1979 | 151 | #696 |
| 1978 | 158 | #666 |
| 1977 | 111 | #808 |
| 1976 | 83 | #911 |
| 1975 | 120 | #759 |
| 1974 | 113 | #761 |
| 1973 | 94 | #817 |
| 1972 | 81 | #889 |
| 1971 | 77 | #928 |
| 1970 | 98 | #818 |
| 1969 | 70 | #911 |
| 1968 | 86 | #799 |
| 1967 | 64 | #900 |
| 1966 | 80 | #812 |
| 1965 | 62 | #934 |
| 1964 | 75 | #881 |
| 1963 | 83 | #829 |
| 1962 | 77 | #861 |
| 1961 | 82 | #845 |
| 1960 | 59 | #995 |
| 1959 | 61 | #986 |
| 1958 | 71 | #891 |
| 1957 | 65 | #935 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,055 |
| 1955 | 70 | #884 |
| 1954 | 70 | #875 |
| 1953 | 59 | #931 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1951 | 67 | #851 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,005 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,107 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,075 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,005 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,279 |
| 1942 | 51 | #928 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,227 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,052 |
| 1938 | 45 | #939 |
| 1937 | 42 | #967 |
| 1936 | 46 | #906 |
| 1935 | 52 | #872 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,059 |
| 1933 | 49 | #885 |
| 1932 | 65 | #786 |
| 1931 | 55 | #858 |
| 1930 | 63 | #815 |
| 1929 | 51 | #940 |
| 1928 | 59 | #862 |
| 1927 | 63 | #849 |
| 1926 | 69 | #783 |
| 1925 | 65 | #822 |
| 1924 | 67 | #823 |
| 1923 | 68 | #815 |
| 1922 | 83 | #717 |
| 1921 | 84 | #715 |
| 1920 | 73 | #775 |
| 1919 | 68 | #783 |
| 1918 | 76 | #733 |
| 1917 | 76 | #694 |
| 1916 | 68 | #734 |
| 1915 | 70 | #698 |
| 1914 | 55 | #687 |
| 1913 | 42 | #711 |
| 1912 | 44 | #622 |
| 1911 | 17 | #792 |
| 1910 | 32 | #492 |
| 1909 | 16 | #679 |
| 1908 | 13 | #744 |
| 1907 | 14 | #699 |
| 1906 | 17 | #568 |
| 1905 | 17 | #574 |
| 1904 | 22 | #452 |
| 1903 | 23 | #411 |
| 1902 | 22 | #440 |
| 1901 | 12 | #596 |
| 1900 | 22 | #490 |
| 1899 | 18 | #438 |
| 1898 | 21 | #435 |
| 1897 | 20 | #422 |
| 1896 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 29 | #340 |
| 1894 | 28 | #336 |
| 1893 | 23 | #371 |
| 1892 | 38 | #298 |
| 1891 | 27 | #325 |
| 1890 | 37 | #282 |
| 1889 | 29 | #322 |
| 1888 | 24 | #377 |
| 1887 | 28 | #311 |
| 1886 | 21 | #383 |
| 1885 | 25 | #344 |
| 1884 | 21 | #386 |
| 1883 | 30 | #298 |
| 1882 | 17 | #437 |
| 1881 | 26 | #318 |
| 1880 | 32 | #291 |
Names like Chauncey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlie Jesse Henry Harvey William Oscar Harley Joseph Charles Edgar Harry Leroy
Names related to Chauncey
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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, “Chauncey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chauncey, updated 20 October 2026.