Zichen — boys' name
46 babies named Zichen in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
80% of everyone ever named Zichen was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Zichen in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zichen
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Zichen between 2014 and 2020, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zichen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zichen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zichen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zichen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zichen 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 46 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.
Zichen at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zichen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2014
- Peak year (2016)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
46 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 12 births in a single year.
Zichen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 37 births that decade — 80% of Zichen's all-time total
Zichen decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 9 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zichen's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
Zichen by state
Where Zichen concentrates geographically — total births since 2014
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 13.0% |
6 of 46 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 13.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2014–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.