Chen**
#10,574 most common boys' name of all time · #26,822 across all names · 77% male / 23% female · used 1977–2024 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#10,574
Rank overall
#26,822 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
250
Since 2016
42
Peak year
2007 #11,329
Best rank
#4,458 1983
Girls
Boys
peak 14/yr
Chen first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,247 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,091 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,869 |
| 2019 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,054 |
| 2017 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,092 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,703 |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,027 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,042 |
| 2013 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #9,985 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,966 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,742 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,217 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,083 |
| 2007 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,329 |
| 2006 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,009 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,778 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,478 |
| 2002 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #7,953 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,941 |
| 1996 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,251 |
| 1994 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #9,368 |
| 1993 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #8,160 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,934 |
| 1990 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #7,662 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,528 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,400 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,458 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,080 |