How Many People Are Named Chancellor?
An estimated 2,570 people in the United States have the first name Chancellor. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Chancellor peaked in popularity in 2001 with 131 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Chancellor as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Chancellor paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,570
About 1 in 133,367 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
99.8% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
2001
131 births
Total Registered
2,623
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Chancellor
Chancellor is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 2,623 total births registered, 99.8% were male.
Chancellor as a male name
Ranked #4,078 in 2024
26 male births in 2024
Peak: 2001 (131 births)
Chancellor as a female name
Ranked #16,182 in 2018
5 female births in 2018
Peak: 2018 (5 births)
Chancellor: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Chancellor span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 810 babies were registered. Chancellor has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Chancellor by Decade
How has Chancellor tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Chancellor by State
Birth registrations for Chancellor span all 18 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, North Carolina, Georgia. The lowest are in Tennessee, Michigan, New York. On average, about 49 Chancellors were registered per state.
Chancellor + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Chancellor as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Chancellor
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Chancellor: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Chancellor?
We estimate approximately 2,570 people named Chancellor are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 133,367 Americans share this first name.
Is Chancellor a common name?
Chancellor is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,623 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Chancellor most popular?
Chancellor reached peak popularity in 2001, when 131 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Chancellor is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Chancellor a male name?
Chancellor is predominantly male. 99.8% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Chancellor Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Chancellor Smith, Chancellor Johnson, Chancellor Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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