Chen
- Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
- Given to boys 77.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1983 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 193since 1977
Chen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #7,643 | 8 |
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| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
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| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
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| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
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| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
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| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
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| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
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| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five boys were named Chen! It came in at #4,582, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1982, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Chen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Chen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Chen
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 1983 at #4,141 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 199,174
- Highest: 1 in 199,174 boys born in 1983 were named Chen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 28.5% of all boys named Chen (55) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
- Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 | #4,582 (1977) | #4,582 |
| 1980s | 20 | #4,141 (1983) | #5,934 |
| 1990s | 39 | #5,982 (1996) | #7,433 |
| 2000s | 50 | #7,536 (2004) | #10,154 |
| 2010s | 55 | #8,744 (2015) | #9,974 |
| 2020s | 22 | #8,987 (2024) | #9,455 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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