How Many People Are Named Chief?
An estimated 325 people in the United States have the first name Chief. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 8 years old, and Chief peaked in popularity in 2020 with 34 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Chief 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 Chief paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
325
About 1 in 1,054,629 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
8
years old
Peak Year
2020
34 births
Total Registered
332
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Chief
Chief is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 332 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Chief as a male name
Ranked #4,080 in 2024
26 male births in 2024
Peak: 2020 (34 births)
Chief: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Chief span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 149 babies were registered. Chief remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Chief by Decade
How has Chief 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.
Chief by State
Chief + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Chief as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Chief
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Chief: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Chief?
We estimate approximately 325 people named Chief 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 1,054,629 Americans share this first name.
Is Chief a common name?
Chief is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 332 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Chief most popular?
Chief reached peak popularity in 2020, when 34 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Chief is approximately 8 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Chief a male name?
Chief is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Chief Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Chief Smith, Chief Johnson, Chief 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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