first name
CHAUNCEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,801 people named Chauncey, 61.1% reported their origin as Black, 26.2% as White and 5.8% as two or more races. 92.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Chauncey peaked in 1981, when 188 babies got the name.
At least 10,193 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Chauncey by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #740. The largest share of babies named Chauncey, 22.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Chauncey is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chauncey has been most common in Florida (2.9×), Georgia (2.7×), and Mississippi (2.2×), and least common in Indiana (0.38×).
3,928 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 Chauncey
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chauncey, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Chauncey ranks #20,545 of 156,621, with 1,306 people. See Chauncey as a last name
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