as a First Name
Mainly U.S.: transferred use of the surname, in origin a nickname for an inveterate gambler or for someone who had survived an accident by a piece of luck, from Anglo-Norman chea(u)nce ‘(good) fortune’.
| 2,026th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,700
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 34,587
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Oklahoma
- has the most people named Chance per capita
- 1996
- marked the height of its popularity
0.30%
99.70%
0%
55+
55+
5%
30-54
30-54
24%
13-29
13-29
71%
0-12
0-12
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