Best Nicknames

Carter’s top rank in USA boys’ names was No. 48 in 2010, also its first time in the Top 50 names

The name Cary enjoyed Top 300 popularity in the USA throughout most of the 1960s

In the USA, Casey evolved from a nickname to a boys given name to a unisex name

The height of popularity for the name Cecil was between 1902 and 1904

Cedric was the name of Ivanhoe’s father in Sir Walter Scott’s 1819 novel

After cracking the top 1000 names in 1965, Chadwick made it into the Top 300 in 1975 and 1976. By 2010, it was No. 984

More American baby boys were named Chandler between 1995 and 2000 than at any other time

“free man,” nicknames include Charlie and Chucky

Chase’s origins can be traced to the French word “chasser”