Chess Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Chess: every year it appeared on the national list since 1915, with 29 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

Peak year

1953 #2947

Years on the list

10-year trend

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In the 1950s ·

Popularity history

1915–2020

Year	Births	Rank
1915	5	#3921
1918	6	#3799
1953	8	#2947
1992	5	#8618
2020	5	#12393

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1953

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

Names from the same era

Roger · 1953 Philip · 1953 Dwight · 1953 Fredrick · 1953 Bradford · 1953 Dannie · 1953 Ike · 1953 Jacky · 1953 Thomas · 1952 Gary · 1952

Names similar to Chess

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