Names / Boy names
Chance
Current rank
#442
and easing
All-time peak
#154
in 1996
First recorded
1883
in U.S. data
Children named
56,000
since 1883
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #154 in 1996 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Chance first appears in American naming records in 1883, where it reads as a boys' name. As of the latest data it stands at #442, slowly cooling. Its strongest year was 1996, at #154 nationally. Across all years, more than 56,000 children have been named this.