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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Champ

Champ was the 4154th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 1887, when it ranked 838th; the most babies were born in 2012 (42). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,063 places. More babies were named Champ in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,154 boys, down 491 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
25boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201242 babies
Total since 1880
1,289babies recorded

Champ popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#4,15425
2020#3,66329
2010#2,92040
2000#5,33213
1990——
1980——
1970#4,3136
1960#3,7216
1950#2,6049
1940#2,34710
1930——
1920#2,48012
1910——
1900#1,3495
1890——
1880——

How popular is Champ, counting every spelling?

Champ has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Champ?

25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Champ (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Champ born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Champ.

Chance of another Champ in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Champ?

About 800 people born in the US named Champ are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 8 and 20. That makes Champ mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Champ by state

How common Champ was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Champ, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Champ: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Champ, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Champ

How popular is the name Champ?

Champ was the 4154th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 1887, when it ranked 838th; the most babies were born in 2012 (42). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,063 places. More babies were named Champ in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Champ a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Champ in the US.

Where is Champ most popular?

In 2021–2025, Champ was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and California.