Chase

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Chase: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Chase: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #59 in 2013, and it stood at #490 in 2024.

6registrars recorded it
71times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#59highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2017

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#2411
1998	#1571
1999	#1805
2000	#2167
2001	#1870
2002	#1530
2003	#4373
2004	#2278
2005	#3382
2006	#2137
2007	#2627
2008	#2721
2009	#3031
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2012	#4838
2014	#5691
2015	#4736
2017	#5765

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #490 among boys in England and Wales, #535 among boys in Scotland, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2010–2016
Highest recorded position: #59 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2013 (recorded 2010–2016).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #490 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Chase appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 3,477 births with the name.

Chase across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Chase's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#853 (1996)	#178 (2016)	#490 (2024)	29 of 29	3,477 (1996–2024)	320 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1530 (2002)	#5765 (2017)	20 of 22	129 (1996–2017)	12 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#711 (2013)	#491 (2016)	#785 (2024)	8 of 12	32 (2013–2024)	6 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#387 (2010)	#346 (2012)	#416 (2018)	3 of 9	10 (2010–2018)	4 (2012)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#91 (2010)	#59 (2013)	#84 (2016)	7 of 7	953 (2010–2016)	168 (2013)
New Zealand · Boys	#90 (2009)	#80 (2010)	#96 (2011)	3 of 3	174 (2009–2011)	64 (2010)

Chase by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Chase in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	83	4 of 10	21
2000s	530	10 of 10	53
2010sbusiest	2,300	10 of 10	230
2020s	564	5 of 10	113

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 230 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2016 and 2017, when recorded births fell by 91, from 320 to 229.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Chase appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #59 in New South Wales, Australia in 2013.

Chase's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#490	80	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#396	100	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#358	119	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#370	122	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#320	143	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#303	161	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#262	195	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#234	229	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#178	320	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#219	257	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#216	263	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#205	270	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#218	246	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#235	206	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#292	153	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#294	144	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#397	94	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#436	79	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#560	52	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#574	46	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#906	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#653	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#918	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#906	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#738	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#613	27	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#853	17	High	Verified
2016	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	116	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	138	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#59	168	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	164	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New Zealand	male	#96	52	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#80	64	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#90	58	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #59, first reached in 2013.

It held a top-100 place in 8 years, 8 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 320 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brayden · #59, 30y
River · #59, 30y
Phoenix · #57, 30y
Miles · #62, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brayden · #59, 30y
River · #59, 30y
Angel · #60, 30y
Lochlan · #60, 29y

Chase was ranked #59 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Chase and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Chase without appearing here.

Chase moved ahead of

Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #906 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #574 and #1617.
Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.
Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #5730.

Moved ahead of Chase

Meabh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2314.
Linnea Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3031 and #3422 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #2392.
Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3031 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1530 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #1472.

Moved the opposite way to Chase

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chase went from #853 to #490 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chase went from #853 to #490 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chase went from #853 to #490 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chase went from #853 to #490 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Chase

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chase went from #853 to #490 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chase went from #853 to #490 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chase went from #853 to #490 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chase went from #853 to #490 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #59 in New South Wales, Australia in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Chase

Chase at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chase across 6 official records

Chase by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Chase at a glance

Chase across 6 official records

Chase by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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