Champion
Champion was the 3772nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 29 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2050th with 71 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 423 places. More babies were named Champion in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,772 boys, down 1,629 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 29boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201971 babies
- Total since 1880
- 744babies recorded
Champion popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,772 | 29 |
| 2020 | #2,143 | 65 |
| 2010 | #9,868 | 7 |
| 2000 | #8,331 | 7 |
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How popular is Champion, counting every spelling?
Champion has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Champion?
29 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Champion (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Champion 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 291 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Champion.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Champion?
About 700 people born in the US named Champion are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Champion a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Champion by state
How common Champion was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Champion: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Champion, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Champion
How popular is the name Champion?
Champion was the 3772nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 29 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2050th with 71 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 423 places. More babies were named Champion in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Champion a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Champion in the US.
Where is Champion most popular?
In 2021–2025, Champion was most common in Georgia (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Virginia.