Chosen
- #1,911 for girls in 2025, 101 births
- #555 for boys in 2025, 540 births
- Given to boys 80.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 540 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,248since 2003
Chosen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,911 | 101 | #555 | 540 |
| 2024 | #1,966 | 100 | #619 | 462 |
| 2023 | #2,076 | 93 | #669 | 407 |
| 2022 | #2,445 | 74 | #895 | 262 |
| 2021 | #3,491 | 44 | #1,307 | 143 |
| 2020 | #3,676 | 40 | #1,473 | 116 |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | #1,823 | 83 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #1,937 | 76 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 | #2,186 | 61 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #3,524 | 31 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
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| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
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| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
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| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
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First appearance
2003
The first year at least five boys were named Chosen! It came in at #9,581, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2004–2005, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Chosen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Georgia#162 · 1 in 661
- District of Columbia#168 · 1 in 505
- Mississippi#215 · 1 in 774
- South Carolina#224 · 1 in 848
- Louisiana#266 · 1 in 1,007
Best ever in a state: #162 in Georgia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #162 | 76 | 1 in 661 |
| District of Columbia | #168 | 5 | 1 in 505 |
| Mississippi | #215 | 14 | 1 in 774 |
| South Carolina | #224 | 25 | 1 in 848 |
| Louisiana | #266 | 19 | 1 in 1,007 |
| North Carolina | #326 | 36 | 1 in 1,430 |
| Alabama | #333 | 16 | 1 in 1,345 |
| Nevada | #389 | 7 | 1 in 1,613 |
| Maryland | #407 | 12 | 1 in 1,908 |
| Virginia | #408 | 19 | 1 in 1,961 |
| Florida | #421 | 46 | 1 in 2,077 |
| Tennessee | #430 | 18 | 1 in 2,043 |
| Michigan | #487 | 17 | 1 in 2,364 |
| Indiana | #512 | 13 | 1 in 2,436 |
| Texas | #545 | 59 | 1 in 2,967 |
| Pennsylvania | #546 | 17 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Oklahoma | #552 | 7 | 1 in 2,526 |
| New York | #583 | 26 | 1 in 3,247 |
| New Jersey | #707 | 9 | 1 in 4,418 |
| Kentucky | #708 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Missouri | #709 | 7 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Ohio | #710 | 12 | 1 in 4,378 |
| Illinois | #752 | 11 | 1 in 4,505 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,900 |
| California | #957 | 23 | 1 in 7,629 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Chosen
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 918 spots since 2020 (#1,473 → #555)
- Biggest jump: 412 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 2003
- Peaked 2025 at #555 (540 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2022–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,163
- Highest: 1 in 3,163 boys born in 2025 were named Chosen (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 85.9% of all boys named Chosen (1,930) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2016
- Mostly girls until 2015, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29 | #7,187 (2008) | #9,606 |
| 2010s | 289 | #1,823 (2019) | #5,169 |
| 2020s | 1,930 | #555 (2025) | #920 |
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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