girls:
3.7k births since 1971
#2835 (50th percentile)
boys:
177k births since 1885
#204 (96th percentile)
overall:
180.7k births since 1885
#428 (94th percentile)
The name Chase is the #428 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 180,742 recorded births since 1885. This represents the 94.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 94.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #204 (95.6% percentile) for all time with 177,027 births since 1885. For girls, it ranks #2,835 (50.4% percentile) for all time with 3,715 births since 1971.
Chase first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1885 (1885 for boys and 1971 for girls). Birth data for Chase is available in 104 out of the 139 years between 1885 and 2023 (104 years for boys and 51 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 Chase has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Chase reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 93.3% percentile (ranked #61) with 3,484 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 3,484 births per million (ranked 93.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Chase ranks #151 for boys (83.5% percentile) with 1,299 births per million, which is 37.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Chase reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 25.9% percentile (ranked #640) with 120 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 120 births per million (ranked 25.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Chase ranks #915 for girls (3.4% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 17.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chase".
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