Boys' name · since 1989
Chalen
Chalen has 31 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,554 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 31
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
31 boys have been named Chalen since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chalen has 31 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2003.
- #25,554 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 31 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chalen ranks #25,554 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,554 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 31
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chalen's 31 recorded births place it above 43.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chalen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chalen's full recorded timeline at 1995, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chalen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2003
- Peak year (2003)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Chalen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (14 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Chalen's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Chalen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 14 births (45% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chalen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chalen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.