Boy
Chance
As a boy's name, Chance is understood to mean "good fortune". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 1996.
Middle EnglishMiddle English
EtymologyMeaning "good fortune"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
5
1920s
12
1930s
0
1940s
20
1950s
22
1960s
543
1970s
1,932
1980s
4,852
1990s
13,590
2000s
14,672
2010s
11,973
Peaked in the 2000s · 47,621 total U.S. births since 1900