Chance is a boy's name of French origin meaning “good fortune.” In 2024 it was given to 757 boys in the United States.
Chance belongs to the French and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “good fortune” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Chance first appears in Social Security records in 1883. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #154 in 1996, and in 2024 757 babies received the name — 53,890 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Chance means “good fortune” in its French roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Chance is a boy name. In 2024, 757 babies received the name in the US.
Chance comes from the French and English & American tradition.
Chance first appears in US records in 1883. Its best-ever ranking was #154 in 1996, and 757 babies were given the name in 2024.
Chance is pronounced /t͡ʃæns/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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