Chancelor comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Keeper of the records and finances..
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How popular is Chancelor?
1997peak year
Today, Chancelor is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6568), with only about 14 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1997, 45 babies were given the name (ranked #1995 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Chancelor has been declining in recent years. In all, around 841 babies have been registered as Chancelor since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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