Chancellor
Chancellor was the 4421st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 1089th with 131 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,652 places. More babies were named Chancellor in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,421 boys, down 1,981 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 23boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2001131 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,648babies recorded
Chancellor popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 2018.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,421 | 23 |
| 2020 | #2,440 | 53 |
| 2010 | #2,880 | 41 |
| 2000 | #1,198 | 113 |
| 1990 | #1,844 | 42 |
| 1980 | #6,397 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,100 | 10 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Chancellor, counting every spelling?
Chancellor is the most common spelling of a name family that had 23 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 23 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor | 23 | #4,421 | 164 |
| Chancelor | — | — | 29 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Chancellor?
23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chancellor (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Chancellor 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 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chancellor.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Chancellor?
About 2,600 people born in the US named Chancellor are alive today, with a median age of 23; half are between 12 and 30. That makes Chancellor mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Chancellor by state
How common Chancellor was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 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 Chancellor: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chancellor, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Chancellor
How popular is the name Chancellor?
Chancellor was the 4421st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 1089th with 131 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,652 places. More babies were named Chancellor in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Chancellor a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Chancellor in the US.
Where is Chancellor most popular?
In 2021–2025, Chancellor was most common in Alabama (0.06 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and North Carolina.