Baby Name Popularity Profile

Chance

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Chance.

✦ Fortune, luck 🌍 English Modern
National Rank (2025) #442
All-Time Peak Rank #154 Achieved 1996
Total U.S. Births 54,622 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 97.7% Boy / 2.3% Girl Overwhelmingly Male
Girl Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Girl usage
First Recorded 1883 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2000s 2,243 births in 1996
💡 The Chance Vibe: Considered a Declining Classic. A previously dominant name currently experiencing a prolonged generational cooling period.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Fortune, luck
Language Origin English
Origin Type single
Derived from the Middle English word 'chance', meaning 'fortune' or 'luck'.
Common Nicknames
Chan
Pronunciation: CHANS
Themes & Categories
Modern
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Chance across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) -40.8%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) -51.5%
2015: 1,467 births 1,467 2016: 1,347 births 2017: 1,347 births 2018: 1,321 births 2019: 1,214 births 2020: 1,202 births 1,202 2021: 1,035 births 2022: 985 births 2023: 853 births 2024: 762 births 2025: 711 births 711
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 2,243 births in 1996
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 43 yrs
Longest Streak 67 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 5
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 5
1920s: 12
1930s: 0
1940s: 20
1950s: 22
1960s: 536
1970s: 1,840
1980s: 4,726
1990s: 13,231
2000s: 14,339
2010s: 14,338
2020s: 5,548

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Chance
Letter Count 6 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 25.7% of names
Linguistic Profile: Longer than 25.7% of SSA names. Starts with C, a letter used by only 5.7% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Nevada
Top States Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, Oklahoma, Utah
States with Data 49
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Nevada Unranked 555 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Wyoming Unranked 190 1993 Insufficient historical volume
Montana #239 408 1984 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #720 1,782 1995 Insufficient historical volume
Utah #570 998 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho #384 471 1995 Insufficient historical volume
Hawaii Unranked 342 2002 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana #199 1,933 1996 16.1% Decline
Arizona #496 1,242 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Alaska Unranked 130 2003 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas Unranked 955 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon #444 811 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #472 1,055 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas #234 920 1996 Insufficient historical volume
South Dakota Unranked 277 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #745 1,312 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #558 6,185 1996 44.1% Decline
Florida #315 2,748 2015 27.9% Decline
Georgia #323 2,225 2015 47.2% Decline
New Mexico Unranked 417 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #491 1,702 1996 57.1% Decline
Nebraska #302 522 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #264 888 2016 62.5% Decline
North Dakota Unranked 237 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #351 1,350 2013 28.6% Decline
South Carolina #375 905 2017 53.3% Decline
North Carolina #248 1,718 2018 5.7% Decline
Iowa #511 734 2000 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #515 1,312 1996 55.2% Decline
Virginia #317 1,241 2018 29.7% Decline
Kentucky #337 883 2011 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #289 909 2016 34.5% Decline
Maryland #321 740 2013 51.4% Decline
West Virginia Unranked 437 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #389 2,100 1996 50.9% Decline
Delaware Unranked 86 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #380 1,411 1996 52.1% Decline
California #710 3,725 1996 50.0% Decline
Minnesota #523 640 2012 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin Unranked 678 2011 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #490 1,546 1996 43.2% Decline
Pennsylvania #477 1,377 2011 54.3% Decline
Connecticut #389 213 2014 Insufficient historical volume
New York #516 1,496 2012 42.6% Decline
Maine Unranked 79 2000 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #431 384 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts Unranked 259 1996 Insufficient historical volume
New Hampshire Unranked 31 2003 Insufficient historical volume
District of Columbia Unranked 32 2016 Insufficient historical volume

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