Chucky
Chucky is an English masculine given name that is a diminutive form of Charles. Notable people known by this name include the following:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Chucky
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chucky is an English masculine given name that is a diminutive form of Charles. Notable people known by this name include the following:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Chucky
American parents first put Chucky on the record books as a baby boy name in 1948, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1961, when 36 Chuckys were born — ranking #1,321 that year. About 36% of every Chucky on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Chucky last appeared in the published SSA data in 2000, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 609 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Chucky
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Names that sound like Chucky
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About the name Chucky
Chucky is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1948 and has accumulated 609 births in the dataset. Chucky's peak popularity came in 1961 when it ranked #1,321. Use the chart and map above to compare Chucky'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.