Chancy

Girl · recorded 1974–2014

  • 2014last recorded
  • 1990best year

Most popular in 1990.

Last recorded in 2014. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1974

05919741984199420042014

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 25 recorded years as a table
Chancy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19747
19755
19765
19774
19787
19796
19807
19816
19824
19847
19856
19865
19875
19884
19893
19909
19913
19924
19936
19944
19973
19993
20003
20024
20143

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Chancy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2014
5
Rank in 2014
#16,513
How rare
1 in 357,271 girls
Since 1974
209

Chancy was last recorded in 2014. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1990, at 9 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Chancy doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.