Chen — #9193 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Chen

The Social Security Administration has registered 193 babies named Chen between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chen currently holds the #9193 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Chen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 57 additional births since 1982.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Chen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chen 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 193 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.