Chic

Boys' name

Free man, through Charles

Chic has been given to 11 babies in the U.S. since 1949. 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 1949, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Chic, 1954

1 in 796,000

Chic over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Chic: meaning, origin, and history

Free man, through Charles

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chic means

Chic belongs to the name family reached through Chic → Charles. Its meaning is “free man”.

Origin, language, and formation

Chic is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Charles.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11 boys were recorded with the name Chic between 1949 and 1954. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1949; its best national rank was #3,363 in 1949.

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.

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How common is Chic?

Chic had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1954, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1954: 1 in 796,000; 5 of 3,979,464 births
Among boys only: 1 in 408,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1954: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 551,672 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Chic sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1954 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 551,672 children born in 1954 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chic. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chics were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chic was born before 1949 — so the typical Chic is around 76 today.

Median birth year: 1949; About 76 years old
Biggest decade: 1940s; 54.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1940s — 54.5% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Chic 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 1949 (6)
Years since peak: 76; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,363; 1949

Spellings of Chic

Chic is not the most common spelling — Eric is, with 63.9% against Chic's <0.01%.

Eric63.9%888,891
Chad17.3%240,728
Chris10.6%147,462
Phil1.4%20,036
Chuck1.3%17,871
Chaim0.87%12,072
Chaz0.71%9,909
Cain0.55%7,628

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.

Chic by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,363; 1949
Peak year: 1949; 6 that year
First recorded: 1949
Last recorded: 1954
All-time count: 11
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Chic

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

Chimdi Chih Chirs China Chiloh Chinh Chiem Chiam Ethic Chinou Chien Chika Chia Chinua Chiedu Chike Chiraag Chin Chimdindu Chibuzo Chick Ching Chianti Chimeng

Sibling names for Chic

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

Roseanna Karon Mickey Roseanne Peggie Delois Janey Kathlyn

For a brother

Donn Lanny Williams Felton Rogers Ivory Artis Galen

Explore around Chic

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