Chief Popularity by Year
Follow Chief across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Chief birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 15 | #5,861 | Down 1,789 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 26 | #4,072 | Down 360 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 30 | #3,712 | Up 283 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 27 | #3,995 | Down 498 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 32 | #3,497 | Down 223 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 34 | #3,274 | Up 625 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 27 | #3,899 | Up 840 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 20 | #4,739 | Up 7 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 20 | #4,746 | Up 572 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 17 | #5,318 | Down 29 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 17 | #5,289 | Down 37 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 17 | #5,252 | Up 989 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 13 | #6,241 | Up 1,917 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 9 | #8,158 | Up 609 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 8 | #8,767 | Up 218 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 8 | #8,985 | Up 2,052 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 6 | #11,037 | Down 116 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 6 | #10,921 | Up 1,134 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 5 | #12,055 | Down 1,904 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 6 | #10,151 | Down 5,983 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 5 | #4,168 | — |