boy's name

Chas

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 3,274

Chas is a boy's name with 1 syllable. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1915, when 99 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

Chas over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

581
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
Show the numbers
Births named Chas by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 395
1890s 208
1900s 219
1910s 581
1920s 421
1930s 79
1940s 32
1950s 16
1960s 21
1970s 170
1980s 454
1990s 370
2000s 180
2010s 72
2020s (to 2025) 5

How popular is Chas?

In 2025, Chas was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Chas is used

Canada #1,940 6 in 2001
England & Wales #5,301 3 in 2008
United States #12,959 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Chas

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Sibling names for Chas

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Chas — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Chas

How popular is the name Chas?

In 2025, Chas was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Chas a girl's or a boy's name?

Chas is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Chas?

Chas has 1 syllable.

When was Chas most popular?

Chas peaked in 1915, when 99 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Chas a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Chas currently ranks #12,959 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.