Boy
Chuck
As a boy's name, Chuck is understood to mean "free man". It had its heyday in the 1960s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.
EtymologyDiminutive of Charles
EtymologyMeaning "free man"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
24
1920s
194
1930s
663
1940s
2,349
1950s
4,115
1960s
7,620
1970s
1,876
1980s
575
1990s
224
2000s
111
2010s
70
Peaked in the 1960s · 17,821 total U.S. births since 1900