Given name & surname · also American
Chick
“a fun-loving girl”
Chick is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a fun-loving girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a fun-loving girl.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with American and English naming traditions.
How it developed
Chick is used as a form of Charles.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77
- 77 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1958. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 313 as a first name in 2020; 4,091 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chick’s family of names
Chick is a form of Charles. Chick has a related form in Chik. Chick has a related form in Chic.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Chick
- Chick WebbAmerican musician (1905–1939)
- Chick Venneraactor (1947-2021)
- Chick ChandlerAmerican actor (1905-1988)
- Chick ChurchillEnglish musicianborn 1946
- Chick HearnAmerican basketball sportscaster1916–2002
- Chick EvansAmateur golfer (1890–1979)
- Chick BullockAmerican singer (1898-1981)
- Chick HafeyAmerican baseball player1903–1973
- Chick StahlAmerican baseball player1873–1907
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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