# Chas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “charles” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,223 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,213 / 10 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Chas.; Originally an abbreviation of "Charles".

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 5 | 4,944 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,347 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 10 | 7,057 |
| 2005 | 19 | 4,498 |
| 2006 | 14 | 5,835 |
| 2007 | 13 | 6,327 |
| 2008 | 12 | 6,827 |
| 2009 | 13 | 6,494 |
| 2010 | 16 | 5,522 |
| 2011 | 7 | 9,797 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,648 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,116 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,963 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,743 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,695 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,512 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,383 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 8 | 1,458 |
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,074 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.