Challen — boys' name

What the Data Says About Challen

The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Challen between 1990 and 2009, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Challen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Challen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1994.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Challen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Challen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Challen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 71 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.