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Chace

Chace: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“hunter”
Origin
French
Say it
CHAYS · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys (97% of all uses)

Chace is a spelling variant of Chase, from an English surname derived through Old French chacier 'to hunt'. As a first name, this exact spelling is modern in use.

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How popular is Chace?

202415.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Chace in 202450

2024 rank#2,642 boys

Peak year2009

Total US babies since 18805,498

Chace is fading: recent use is about 26% of its level ten years before.

Names like Chace

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Chasehunter · English
  • Oliverolive tree · French
  • Beauhandsome · French
  • Calvinbald · French
  • Louisfamous warrior · French
  • Granttall; large · French
  • Saintholy person; saint · French
  • Russelllittle red-haired one · French

Chace questions

What does the name Chace mean?

Chace means "hunter". It comes from French. Chace is a spelling variant of Chase, from an English surname derived through Old French chacier 'to hunt'. As a first name, this exact spelling is modern in use.

Is Chace a boy or girl name?

Chace is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Chace?

50 US babies were named Chace in 2024. Its peak year was 2009.

How do you pronounce Chace?

Chace is usually pronounced CHAYS.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.