Chatham
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning homestead by a forest or wasteland.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Chatham by the numbers
Chatham was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Chatham, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Kimberlyfrom the wood of the royal forest1,823 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Chatham
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