Chance in California
Babies in California
3,811
since 1962
Rank in California · 2025
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recorded as girls
#708
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1996
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Chance in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 38 | 708 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 53 | 570 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 54 | 555 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 61 | 519 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,189 | 59 | 529 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 76 | 442 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 82 | 428 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 77 | 445 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 105 | 360 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,676 | 73 | 479 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 93 | 395 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 91 | 404 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 105 | 362 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,536 | 104 | 357 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 109 | 341 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 92 | 384 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 100 | 353 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 98 | 380 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 109 | 351 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,628 | 99 | 364 |
| 2005 | 6 | 3,123 | 87 | 394 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,463 | 69 | 434 |
| 2003 | 9 | 2,265 | 85 | 391 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 93 | 368 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 87 | 379 |
| 2000 | 5 | 3,231 | 121 | 312 |
| 1999 | 5 | 3,120 | 96 | 348 |
| 1998 | 5 | 3,059 | 131 | 289 |
| 1997 | 5 | 3,021 | 139 | 274 |
| 1996 | 9 | 2,094 | 158 | 259 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 121 | 305 |
| 1994 | 6 | 2,775 | 76 | 402 |
| 1993 | 6 | 2,816 | 74 | 410 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 59 | 459 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 59 | 470 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 62 | 454 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 59 | 443 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 40 | 540 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 40 | 523 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 22 | 672 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 33 | 542 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 36 | 493 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 17 | 733 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 15 | 789 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 11 | 942 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 15 | 770 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 20 | 636 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 19 | 633 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 19 | 619 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 15 | 691 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 17 | 632 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 25 | 502 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 10 | 814 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 21 | 538 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 13 | 725 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 14 | 702 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 16 | 650 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 6 | 983 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 15 | 603 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 11 | 683 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 8 | 847 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 8 | 834 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,025 |