Meaning:
Its source is cheaunce, a Norman French name meaning "Opportunity, risk."
Popularity:
The name Chance ranked 229th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 842nd in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.