Chaz
Chaz was the 4568th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 379th with 526 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,139 places. More babies were named Chaz in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,568 boys, down 2,644 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1988526 babies
- Total since 1880
- 10,074babies recorded
Chaz popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 165 since 1977.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,568 | 22 |
| 2020 | #1,924 | 76 |
| 2010 | #1,120 | 168 |
| 2000 | #702 | 251 |
| 1990 | #449 | 486 |
| 1980 | #752 | 136 |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Chaz, counting every spelling?
Chaz is the most common spelling of a name family that had 27 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 27 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaz | 22 | #4,568 | 226 |
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 Chaz?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chaz (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Chaz 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 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chaz.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Chaz?
About 9,600 people born in the US named Chaz are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 21 and 37. That makes Chaz mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Chaz by state
How common Chaz was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 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 Chaz: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chaz, they share its era and feel.
Chaz is also a nickname for Charles.
Questions about the name Chaz
How popular is the name Chaz?
Chaz was the 4568th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 379th with 526 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,139 places. More babies were named Chaz in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Chaz a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Chaz in the US.
Where is Chaz most popular?
In 2021–2025, Chaz was most common in Louisiana (0.08 per 1,000 boys), followed by Maryland and Georgia.