How popular is the name Chuck?

Chuck ranks 796th among boys' names in US records, with 17,864 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 93.

Is Chuck a unisex name?

No. Chuck is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1961, when 1,285 children were given the name. It has been in use for 110 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#796 of boy names

Pronounced CH AH1 K (ARPABET)

Chuck is a boys' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 17,864 children — the 796th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 93 births across the past decade, against a peak of 1,285 in a single year. That peak was in 1961.

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Chuck is itself a short form of Charles.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Chuck?: Chuck ranks 796th among boys' names in US records, with 17,864 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 93.
Is Chuck a unisex name?: No. Chuck is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Chuck most popular?: 1961, when 1,285 children were given the name. It has been in use for 110 years and is still recorded as of 2024.