Chuck

Popularity Trends

The name Chuck is the #1,927 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 17,862 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 75.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 75.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #861 (81.2% percentile) for all time with 17,862 births since 1914.

Chuck first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for boys in 1914). Birth data for Chuck is available in 106 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023. 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.

For boys, Chuck reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 68.0% percentile (ranked #214) with 596 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 596 births per million (ranked 68.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Chuck ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 0.5% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chuck".

1914 2023 19142023

Key Statistics

Total Births

17,862

Peak Births

1,285

Peak Year

1961

First Recorded

1914

Peak Percentile

68.0%

Current Percentile

0.0%

Peak Rank

#214

Current Rank

#911

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Chuck", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Chuck.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Chuck's popularity from 1911 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Chuck at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Chuck range from Doug at 98.1% correlation to Suzy at 92.7% correlation, with an average correlation level of 95.6%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Tim with 83.5K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Les with 3.5K births (99% boys).

Chuck's share of births peaked at 595.7 births per million for boys in 1961. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (0% of peak) in 2004. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Chuck had 2.7 births per million, 0% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Doug

22.5k

98.09% (very strong)

Ken

33k

97.51% (very strong)

Russ

6,095

97.17% (very strong)

Ron

36.4k

97.02% (very strong)

Tim

83.5k

96.90% (very strong)

Greg

77.8k

95.91% (very strong)

Sandy

79.4k

95.76% (very strong)

Pam

33.1k

95.41% (very strong)

Rod

8,744

94.03% (very strong)

Les

3,464

93.78% (very strong)

Timmie

3,600

92.72% (very strong)

Suzy

4,236

92.72% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Chuck

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Chuck. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Chuck is pronounced as chuhk, which has 1 syllables.

chuhk

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chuhk (1 syllable)

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CH AH1 K

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like CH AH1 K) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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