girls:
1.3k births since 1967
#4390 (23rd percentile)
boys:
53.1k births since 1883
#480 (90th percentile)
overall:
54.4k births since 1883
#1022 (87th percentile)
The name Chance is the #1,022 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 54,448 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 86.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 86.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #480 (89.5% percentile) for all time with 53,113 births since 1883. For girls, it ranks #4,390 (23.2% percentile) for all time with 1,335 births since 1967.
Chance first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for boys and 1967 for girls). Birth data for Chance is available in 75 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023 (75 years for boys and 54 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Chance has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Chance reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 80.3% percentile (ranked #154) with 1,119 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 1,119 births per million (ranked 80.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Chance ranks #355 for boys (61.1% percentile) with 463 births per million, which is 41.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Chance reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #814) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Despite a low point in 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Chance ranks #926 for girls (2.2% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 57.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chance".
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