Is Chance a boy or girl name?
Chance is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 27 girls and 757 boys were named Chance, so 3.4% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 2.5% of the 55,254 US babies named Chance were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #418
- Girl rank, 2024
- #4,900
- Babies named Chance since 1883
- 55,254
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 2,293 babies
Boys and girls named Chance, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1910s | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1940s | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| 1950s | 22 | 0 | 0% |
| 1960s | 536 | 6 | 1.1% |
| 1970s | 1,843 | 89 | 4.6% |
| 1980s | 4,726 | 124 | 2.6% |
| 1990s | 13,231 | 362 | 2.7% |
| 2000s | 14,338 | 347 | 2.4% |
| 2010s | 14,328 | 305 | 2.1% |
| 2020s | 4,824 | 131 | 2.6% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 757 | #418 | 27 | #4,900 |
| 2023 | 852 | #377 | 27 | #4,897 |
| 2022 | 983 | #340 | 22 | #5,672 |
| 2021 | 1,033 | #322 | 35 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 1,199 | #279 | 20 | #5,899 |
| 2019 | 1,213 | #284 | 30 | #4,564 |
| 2018 | 1,318 | #270 | 36 | #4,018 |
| 2017 | 1,347 | #268 | 27 | #4,952 |
| 2016 | 1,347 | #272 | 33 | #4,361 |
| 2015 | 1,464 | #250 | 29 | #4,750 |
| 2014 | 1,533 | #244 | 34 | #4,286 |
| 2013 | 1,519 | #237 | 34 | #4,265 |
| 2012 | 1,513 | #237 | 30 | #4,738 |
| 2011 | 1,634 | #215 | 25 | #5,401 |
| 2010 | 1,440 | #244 | 27 | #5,137 |
| 2009 | 1,521 | #236 | 15 | #8,145 |
| 2008 | 1,402 | #251 | 28 | #5,172 |
| 2007 | 1,472 | #244 | 37 | #4,148 |
| 2006 | 1,269 | #274 | 42 | #3,683 |
| 2005 | 1,275 | #258 | 36 | #3,964 |
| 2004 | 1,321 | #250 | 50 | #3,083 |
| 2003 | 1,392 | #240 | 44 | #3,305 |
| 2002 | 1,450 | #233 | 29 | #4,296 |
| 2001 | 1,542 | #224 | 35 | #3,722 |
| 2000 | 1,694 | #212 | 31 | #4,002 |
| 1999 | 1,510 | #223 | 50 | #2,744 |
| 1998 | 1,542 | #209 | 48 | #2,766 |
| 1997 | 1,715 | #191 | 41 | #2,938 |
| 1996 | 2,243 | #154 | 50 | #2,517 |
| 1995 | 1,631 | #189 | 36 | #3,162 |
| 1994 | 1,347 | #216 | 39 | #2,994 |
| 1993 | 909 | #301 | 33 | #3,360 |
| 1992 | 773 | #329 | 21 | #4,720 |
| 1991 | 767 | #328 | 22 | #4,526 |
| 1990 | 794 | #316 | 22 | #4,399 |
| 1989 | 711 | #327 | 17 | #5,082 |
| 1988 | 622 | #340 | 14 | #5,651 |
| 1987 | 544 | #358 | 17 | #4,693 |
| 1986 | 508 | #368 | 12 | #5,820 |
| 1985 | 650 | #313 | 6 | #9,478 |
| 1984 | 879 | #250 | 18 | #4,185 |
| 1983 | 230 | #556 | 11 | #5,881 |
| 1982 | 186 | #636 | 6 | #9,405 |
| 1981 | 189 | #621 | 11 | #5,937 |
| 1980 | 207 | #605 | 12 | #5,590 |
| 1979 | 268 | #513 | 13 | #5,136 |
| 1978 | 296 | #469 | 11 | #5,613 |
| 1977 | 151 | #690 | 10 | #5,943 |
| 1976 | 141 | #698 | 8 | #6,705 |
| 1975 | 178 | #611 | 15 | #4,174 |
| 1974 | 184 | #586 | 15 | #4,061 |
| 1973 | 134 | #691 | 6 | #7,560 |
| 1972 | 167 | #610 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 197 | #586 | 6 | #7,509 |
| 1970 | 127 | #729 | 5 | #8,159 |
| 1969 | 130 | #694 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 63 | #912 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 106 | #720 | 6 | #6,117 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,029 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,278 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,085 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,054 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,295 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,132 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,723 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,325 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #4,075 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #4,025 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,962 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,126 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,668 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,620 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,950 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,930 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,917 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #919 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Chance reached #154 in 1996. As a girl name, it reached #2,517 in 1996. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Chance
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.