# Chase (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chase/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /t͡ʃeɪs/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Chayce |
| US babies named this | 184,958 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 181,160 / 3,798 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,684, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 69 | 2,593 |
| 2012 | 86 | 2,193 |
| 2013 | 76 | 2,387 |
| 2014 | 73 | 2,476 |
| 2015 | 63 | 2,784 |
| 2016 | 67 | 2,621 |
| 2017 | 51 | 3,159 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,970 |
| 2019 | 49 | 3,242 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,791 |
| 2021 | 43 | 3,560 |
| 2022 | 48 | 3,325 |
| 2023 | 37 | 3,998 |
| 2024 | 48 | 3,294 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4,087 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6,203 | 69 |
| 2012 | 5,706 | 77 |
| 2013 | 5,556 | 78 |
| 2014 | 5,363 | 78 |
| 2015 | 5,387 | 74 |
| 2016 | 4,868 | 86 |
| 2017 | 4,186 | 94 |
| 2018 | 3,460 | 113 |
| 2019 | 3,173 | 121 |
| 2020 | 2,998 | 123 |
| 2021 | 2,939 | 125 |
| 2022 | 2,710 | 137 |
| 2023 | 2,389 | 154 |
| 2024 | 2,157 | 173 |
| 2025 | 1,904 | 192 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 12 | 1,530 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 8 | 2,278 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 10 | 2,137 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 206 | 235 |
| 2012 | 246 | 218 |
| 2013 | 270 | 205 |
| 2014 | 263 | 216 |
| 2015 | 257 | 219 |
| 2016 | 320 | 178 |
| 2017 | 229 | 234 |
| 2018 | 195 | 262 |
| 2019 | 161 | 303 |
| 2020 | 143 | 320 |
| 2021 | 122 | 370 |
| 2022 | 119 | 358 |
| 2023 | 100 | 396 |
| 2024 | 80 | 490 |
| 2025 | 75 | 517 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 切斯, 蔡斯

## People named Chase

- Chase Budinger, American basketball and beach volleyball player
- Chase Jackson, American shot putter
- Chase Kalisz, American swimmer
- Chase Stokes, American actor (born 1992)
- Chase Ellison, American actor
- Fred Chase Koch, American chemical engineer and entrepreneur (1900–1967)
- Chase Oliver, American political activist and 2024 Libertarian Party presidential nominee
- Chase Masterson, American actress, singer
- Chase Carey, American businessman
- Chase Utley, American baseball player (born 1978)
- Chase Williamson, American actor and film producer
- Chase Young, American football player

## 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.