Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Chauncey

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Chauncey
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1981

Peak era

1981

Peak rank proxy

173

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19812024

Peak year

1981

Decline from peak

75.7%

2024

All-time

9,661

Chauncey is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1981, when 173 boys were named Chauncey.

In 2024, only 42 boys were given the name.

Down 75.7% from its peak.

All told, about 9,661 Americans have been named Chauncey and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1981

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