Boy · Old French, through English
Chance
Say it: CHANSS
Meaning
From the English word chance, and partly from a surname of the same origin (Old French cheance).
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A 20th-century American word name, most popular in the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 51,432 babies given this name since 1883
- At its height in 1996, about 1 in 844 boys
- 1,186 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Chance the Rapper, American musician
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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