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Chosen

Chosen was the #555 boys' name in the US in 2025 (540 babies).

Chosen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Chosen as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Chosen as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#555 (540)—
2024#619 (462)#3,072 (5)
2023#669 (407)—
2022#895 (262)—
2021#1,307 (143)—
2020#1,473 (116)—
2019#1,823 (83)—
2018#1,937 (76)—
2017#2,186 (61)—
2016#3,524 (31)—
2015#8,040 (9)—
2014#7,562 (10)—
2013#9,655 (7)—
2012#6,626 (12)—
2009#10,994 (6)—

Chosen as a girl’s name

  • US
Chosen as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Chosen as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#1,911 (101)
2024#1,966 (100)
2023#2,076 (93)
2022#2,445 (74)
2021#3,491 (44)
2020#3,676 (40)
2019#5,986 (20)
2018#6,792 (17)
2017#5,661 (22)
2016#14,331 (6)
2015#10,866 (9)
2013#16,547 (5)
2009#12,429 (8)
2005#13,010 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #555.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2003.
  • In 2025, 16% of US babies named Chosen were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Chosen is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 2,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Chosen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #583NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #512INOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #546PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #957CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #408VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #430TNNorth Carolina: #326NCSouth Carolina: #224SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #266LAMississippi: #215MSAlabama: #333ALGeorgia: #162GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #545TXFlorida: #421FL
Chosen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChosenCanadaBoys—too few
ChosenUSGirls#1,911101
ChosenUSBoys#555540