How Many People Are Named Chapman?
An estimated 796 people in the United States have the first name Chapman. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Chapman peaked in popularity in 2014 with 32 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Chapman 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 Chapman paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
796
About 1 in 430,596 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
2014
32 births
Total Registered
977
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Chapman
Chapman is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 977 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Chapman as a male name
Ranked #4,578 in 2024
22 male births in 2024
Peak: 2014 (32 births)
Chapman: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Chapman span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 224 babies were registered. While Chapman is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Chapman by Decade
How has Chapman 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.
Chapman + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Chapman as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Chapman
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Chapman: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Chapman?
We estimate approximately 796 people named Chapman 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 430,596 Americans share this first name.
Is Chapman a common name?
Chapman is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 88.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 977 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Chapman most popular?
Chapman reached peak popularity in 2014, when 32 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Chapman is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Chapman a male name?
Chapman is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Chapman Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Chapman Smith, Chapman Johnson, Chapman 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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