Chauncy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHAWN-see
- Origin
- French
Chauncy is a boys' name of French origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chauncy mean?
French: spelling of Chauncey, a Norman surname
Charles Chauncy, second president of Harvard College, helped spread Chauncey as a first name in New England.
Is Chauncy a girl's or a boy's name?
Chauncy is a boys' name.
How popular is Chauncy in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1978, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Chauncy in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1989, 14% of the babies named Chauncy in the US were girls.
Chauncy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,070 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,889 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 33 | #1,652 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
Names like Chauncy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Chauncy
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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, “Chauncy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chauncy, updated 20 October 2026.