NameTides

Chen

Chen peaked in the US in 1983 at #4,141, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Chen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Chen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
Chen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2024#8,987 (8)————
2022#9,823 (7)————
2020#9,554 (7)————
2019#9,756 (7)#4,702 (3)———
2018—#4,749 (3)———
2017#8,840 (8)————
2016#12,185 (5)—#707 (3)—#2,718 (5)
2015#8,744 (8)#4,747 (3)——#2,715 (5)
2014#8,781 (8)#4,632 (3)———
2013#9,655 (7)#3,315 (5)———
2012—#2,270 (9)—#718 (3)—
2011#9,600 (7)#2,039 (10)———
2010#12,231 (5)#2,400 (8)———
2009#9,864 (7)#2,544 (7)#626 (3)——
2008#12,553 (5)#2,097 (9)———

Chen as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Chen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
Chen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2015—#4,736 (4)——
2014—#5,691 (3)——
2013#16,547 (5)#4,050 (5)——
2012—#3,285 (7)——
2011—#4,764 (4)——
2010——#802 (3)—
2009—#4,564 (4)——
2007#12,676 (8)#4,294 (4)—#2,763 (6)
2006#15,152 (6)——#2,607 (6)
2005#16,462 (5)#3,970 (4)—#2,848 (5)
2002#15,432 (5)——#2,283 (6)
2000———#2,186 (6)
1999———#2,499 (5)
1998———#2,019 (7)
1997———#2,460 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1983 at #4,141.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.
  • In 2013, 42% of US babies named Chen were girls.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChenCanadaGirls—too few
ChenCanadaBoys—too few
ChenEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ChenEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ChenIrelandBoys—too few
ChenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ChenScotlandGirls—too few
ChenScotlandBoys—too few
ChenUSGirls—too few
ChenUSBoys—too few