Chaunce
Chaunce is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:John Chaunce (disambiguation), multiple people Roger Chaunce (disambiguation), multiple people
Meaning & Origin of Chaunce
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chaunce is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:John Chaunce (disambiguation), multiple people Roger Chaunce (disambiguation), multiple people
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The Story of Chaunce
American parents first put Chaunce on the record books as a baby boy name in 1972, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1994, when 13 Chaunces were born — ranking #4,537 that year. About 54% of every Chaunce on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Chaunce last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 101 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Chaunce
Chaunce is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 101 births in the dataset. Chaunce's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #4,537. Use the chart and map above to compare Chaunce's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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