Chase

What Chase means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Chase yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2009, with 7,394 babies; 1,904 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Chase?

US: Falling: down from #74 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #219 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 7,394 boys got the name (#61 that year). First in the US records in 1885.

How common

• About 1 in 897 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,626 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,274 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ME (4.68 per 1,000 boys), DE (4.07 per 1,000 boys), NH (3.33 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Chase is #192 in the US and #517 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.2% of US babies named Chase were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Chace46 US · 5 E&W
• Chayce45 US · 4 E&W
• Chayse28 US
• Chaz22 US
• Chaos7 US
• Chazz5 US
• Chas5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Chayce

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Chase

Boys

• Gage#973Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 2,939 babies; 235 in 2025
• Drake#827“dragon”^*
• Keaton#769possibly “hedge, enclosure + farmstead, settlement”^*
• Preston#299Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #299 vs #914 in 2025
• Keegan#621“son of Aidan”^*
• Conner#864Variant of Connor, meaning “lover of hounds”^*

For a sister

• Kaylee#255Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #61 in 2015, #255 in 2025
• Kayleigh#799Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #324 in 2015, #799 in 2025
• Mckenzie#576Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 2,528 babies; 517 in 2025
• Makenzie#700Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #210 in 2015, #700 in 2025
• Bailey#208“outer castle wall”^*
• Macy#718Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,483 babies; 390 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Chase’s. Rank is US 2025.