Unisex name · since 2003
Chosen
Chosen has 2,248 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,060 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #555 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,248
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Chosen currently ranks #555 among unisex names in America, with 2,248 babies recorded since 2003.
Chosen has 2,248 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #555 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #3,060 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #555 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,248 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chosen ranks #3,060 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #555 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,248 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,060 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #555 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,248
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Chosen's 2,248 recorded births place it above 93.27% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Chosen compares
2,248 Top 21% higher than 79% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chosen's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chosen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,248 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 540 | 34 | 22,252 |
Chosen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chosen's full recorded timeline at 2017, 96% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 4% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 540 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chosen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 540
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Chosen popularity over time - girls
546 total births recorded since 2005 (Chosen as girls' name)
Chosen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,930 births, 86% of the file).
2020s was Chosen's strongest decade.
1,930 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Chosen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 29
2000s
29 births
- 2010s 289
2010s
289 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,930 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,930 births (86% of all-time use).
How Chosen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Chosen's total volume
Chosen by state
Where Chosen concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 299 | 13.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 211 | 9.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 179 | 8.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 178 | 7.9% |
| #5 | California | | 103 | 4.6% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 98 | 4.4% |
| #7 | New York | | 97 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 87 | 3.9% |
299 of 2,248 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Chosen appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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- Georgia records the most Chosens (299 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2003–2025 (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 Chosen 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.