Chuck vs Chukwuemeka
American parents have registered 17,871 Chucks since 1880, against 683 Chukwuemekas. Chuck is still ahead, with 9 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Chuck Chukwuemeka
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 109 years in which either name was published, Chuck for 87 years and Chukwuemeka for 22 years. The lead changed hands 8 times.
- 1914–1998 Chuck ahead
- 1999–2001 Chukwuemeka ahead
- 2002 Chuck ahead
- 2003–2006 Chukwuemeka ahead
- 2007 Chuck ahead
- 2008–2021 Chukwuemeka ahead
- 2022–2023 Chuck ahead
- 2024 Chukwuemeka ahead
- 2025 Chuck ahead
Side by side
| Chuck | Chukwuemeka | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 17,871 | 683 |
| Most in one year | 1,285 | 26 |
| Babies in 2025 | 9 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 13,000 | 670 |
| Median age today | 63 | 22 |
| Peak year | 1961 | 2003 |
| Best rank | 217th boys | 3,443rd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,243rd | 8,910th |
| First recorded | 1914 | 1974 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 17,871 | 0 / 683 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Chucks alive today are over 63; half the Chukwuemekas are over 22. That is 41 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Chuck Washington (2.0×), Oklahoma (1.7×), Michigan (1.6×)
- Chukwuemeka Texas (8.1×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Chuck and Chukwuemeka.