Chalice

Girls' name

Chalice, goblet

Chalice has been given to 260 babies in the U.S. since 1946. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1990, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Chalice, 2007

1 in 800,000

Chalice over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Chalice: meaning, origin, and history

Chalice, goblet

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chalice means

Chalice means “chalice, goblet”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Chalice is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪs/ for Chalice.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 260 girls were recorded with the name Chalice between 1946 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1990; its best national rank was #4,504 in 1946.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Chalice?

Chalice had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2007: 1 in 800,000; 5 of 3,997,748 births
Among girls only: 1 in 384,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2007: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 554,207 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Chalice sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2007 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 554,207 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chalice. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chalices were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chalice was born before 1985 — so the typical Chalice is around 40 today.

Median birth year: 1985; About 40 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 25.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 56.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 254; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 25.0% of all recorded uses (65).

Is Chalice rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1990 (19)
Years since peak: 35; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,504; 1946

Spellings of Chalice

Chalice is not the most common spelling — Alice is, with 84.7% against Chalice's 0.04%.

Alice84.7%588,147
Charlie5.8%40,359
Clarice3.7%25,474
Shanice1.4%9,586
Halie1.1%7,409
Charline0.90%6,241
Charlize0.82%5,682
Charise0.31%2,154

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Chalice around the world

Where Chalice ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–1997
#3,824
in 1997

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Chalice by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,504; 1946
Peak year: 1990; 19 that year
First recorded: 1946
Last recorded: 2007
All-time count: 260
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Chalice

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Chanice Charnice Charice Chaunice Chandice Chaitra Chantrice Chaslyn Charish Charlice Charlea Charlii Chantice Charlett Chapel Chaneice Charliee Charvi Channah Chanika Chantee Charlei Chariti Chakira

Sibling names for Chalice

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kacy Kortney Mai Shante Kathryne Jessika Brittni Kristian

For a brother

Laron Dejuan Antwon Akeem Tyron Shay Elizabeth Kelsey

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