Meaning and history
From an English surname meaning “chase” or “hunt” in Middle English, originally a nickname for a huntsman.
20062006: 5,746 births, rank #83
2007: 6,159 births, rank #79
2008: 7,003 births, rank #67
2009: 7,394 births, rank #61
2010: 6,448 births, rank #66
20112011: 6,203 births, rank #69
2012: 5,706 births, rank #77
2013: 5,556 births, rank #78
2014: 5,363 births, rank #78
2015: 5,387 births, rank #74
20162016: 4,868 births, rank #86
2017: 4,186 births, rank #94
2018: 3,460 births, rank #113
2019: 3,173 births, rank #121
2020: 2,998 births, rank #123
20212021: 2,939 births, rank #125
2022: 2,710 births, rank #137
2023: 2,389 births, rank #154
2024: 2,157 births, rank #173
20252025: 1,904 births, rank #192
Chase moved from #173 to #192 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2009, with 7,394 births.