Chuck
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHUK
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Chuck is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Chuck mean?
Germanic: American pet form of Charles
“free man”
A nickname for Charles; rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry was born Charles Berry.
Is Chuck a girl's or a boy's name?
Chuck is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chuck in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Chuck, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 1,285 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Chuck in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chuck in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,988 |
| 1988 | 52 | #1,462 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,504 |
| 1986 | 49 | #1,418 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,257 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,213 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,095 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,013 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,101 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,145 |
| 1979 | 81 | #984 |
| 1978 | 100 | #860 |
| 1977 | 137 | #728 |
| 1976 | 151 | #666 |
| 1975 | 209 | #559 |
| 1974 | 175 | #607 |
| 1973 | 186 | #581 |
| 1972 | 226 | #526 |
| 1971 | 268 | #491 |
| 1970 | 346 | #439 |
| 1969 | 408 | #390 |
| 1968 | 364 | #404 |
| 1967 | 373 | #394 |
| 1966 | 435 | #358 |
| 1965 | 592 | #312 |
| 1964 | 794 | #274 |
| 1963 | 973 | #247 |
| 1962 | 1,117 | #229 |
| 1961 | 1,285 | #217 |
| 1960 | 1,273 | #218 |
| 1959 | 1,221 | #224 |
| 1958 | 905 | #259 |
| 1957 | 629 | #304 |
| 1956 | 341 | #412 |
| 1955 | 206 | #510 |
| 1954 | 149 | #604 |
| 1953 | 161 | #556 |
| 1952 | 150 | #568 |
| 1951 | 146 | #565 |
| 1950 | 205 | #465 |
| 1949 | 265 | #418 |
| 1948 | 325 | #378 |
| 1947 | 356 | #363 |
| 1946 | 334 | #355 |
| 1945 | 245 | #380 |
| 1944 | 207 | #422 |
| 1943 | 187 | #460 |
| 1942 | 173 | #470 |
| 1941 | 134 | #510 |
| 1940 | 123 | #524 |
| 1939 | 87 | #629 |
| 1938 | 103 | #577 |
| 1937 | 98 | #581 |
| 1936 | 73 | #690 |
| 1935 | 68 | #741 |
| 1934 | 73 | #716 |
| 1933 | 51 | #869 |
| 1932 | 48 | #937 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,253 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,259 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,378 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,272 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,407 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,278 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
Names like Chuck
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charles, Jay, Mark, Richard, Chris, Robin, Jeffrey, Robert, Patrick, Scott, Jerry, Gary
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Chuck: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chuck, updated 20 October 2026.