first name
CHUCK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,416 people named Chuck, 82.8% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.3% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Chuck peaked in 1961, when 1,285 babies got the name.
At least 17,871 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.
Chuck by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #610. The largest share of babies named Chuck, 60.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Chuck is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chuck has been most common in Washington (2×), Oklahoma (1.7×), and Michigan (1.6×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.29×).
14,607 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 Chuck
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chuck, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Chuck ranks #28,501 of 156,621, with 890 people. See Chuck as a last name
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