first name
CHANCE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 43,138 people named Chance, 67% reported their origin as White, 16.4% as Black and 7% as two or more races. 97.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Chance peaked in 1996, when 2,293 babies got the name.
At least 56,010 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Chance by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #444. The largest share of babies named Chance, 43.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Chance is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chance has been most common in Nevada (3.1×), Wyoming (2.6×), and Montana (2.5×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.13×).
52,751 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Chance
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chance, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Chance ranks #2,594 of 156,621, with 13,598 people. See Chance as a last name
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