# Chauncey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chauncey/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Chance |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,193 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,685 / 508 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Norman name based on several locations in France called Chancé. See Old French chance.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 17 | 5,464 |
| 1994 | 23 | 4,401 |
| 1995 | 5 | 13,833 |
| 1996 | 10 | 8,273 |
| 1997 | 12 | 7,360 |
| 1998 | 12 | 7,638 |
| 1999 | 7 | 11,615 |
| 2001 | 12 | 8,296 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12,481 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,222 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10,870 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,198 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,108 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,103 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,123 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 89 | 1,678 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,075 |
| 2013 | 66 | 2,047 |
| 2014 | 75 | 1,924 |
| 2015 | 55 | 2,360 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,173 |
| 2017 | 44 | 2,764 |
| 2018 | 53 | 2,449 |
| 2019 | 44 | 2,816 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,081 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,194 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3,550 |
| 2023 | 30 | 3,728 |
| 2024 | 43 | 2,920 |
| 2025 | 23 | 4,422 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |

## People named Chauncey

- Chauncey Billups, American basketball player and coach
- Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, American writer (1835–1905)
- Chauncey Leopardi, American actor
- Chauncey Depew, American politician (1834–1928)
- Chauncey Sparks, American politician (1884-1968)
- Chauncey Wright, American philosopher and mathematician (1830–1875)
- Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician from Connecticut (1759-1815)
- Chauncey Beadle, Canadian botanist (1866-1950)
- Chauncey Olcott, American actor and musician (1858–1932)
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, American politician (1799-1887)
- Chance M. Vought, American aviation pioneer (1890–1930)

## 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.