NameTides

Chance

Chance was the #442 boys' name in the US in 2025 (711 babies), and #1,798 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Chance as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Chance as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Chance as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#442 (711)#1,798 (14)#885 (29)
2024#418 (762)#1,132 (25)#822 (31)
2023#377 (853)#1,071 (27)#886 (27)
2022#340 (985)#1,011 (29)#727 (35)
2021#322 (1,035)#1,218 (22)#623 (44)
2020#279 (1,202)#878 (33)#564 (46)
2019#284 (1,214)#1,056 (26)#607 (44)
2018#270 (1,321)#1,013 (28)#628 (41)
2017#268 (1,347)#1,097 (26)#569 (47)
2016#272 (1,347)#1,431 (18)#610 (44)
2015#250 (1,467)#1,121 (24)#649 (40)
2014#244 (1,534)#1,093 (25)#475 (62)
2013#237 (1,520)#1,706 (13)#449 (64)
2012#238 (1,513)#1,367 (18)#374 (79)
2011#215 (1,635)#1,909 (11)#331 (92)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #154.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Chance is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 2,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Chance by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #485ILMichigan: #375MINew York: #513NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #438ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #388OHPennsylvania: #477PANew Jersey: #429NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #708CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #468CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #489MOKentucky: #333KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #316VAMaryland: #319MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #232ARTennessee: #348TNNorth Carolina: #247NCSouth Carolina: #372SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #198LAMississippi: #259MSAlabama: #289ALGeorgia: #322GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #555TXFlorida: #314FL
Chance (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#84913

Chance (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChanceCanadaGirls—too few
ChanceCanadaBoys#88529
ChanceEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ChanceEngland & WalesBoys#1,79814
ChanceNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ChanceUSGirls#5,55422
ChanceUSBoys#442711