Chosen

What Chosen means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Chosen yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #8,040 in 2015, #555 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Chosen?

US: Rising: up from #8040 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 540 boys got the name (#555 that year). First in the US records in 2003.

How common

• About 1 in 3,163 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (1.98 per 1,000 boys), GA (1.51 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.29 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Chosen is #555 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 84.2% of US babies named Chosen were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Chozen571 US
• Chozyn220 US
• Chosyn76 US
• Chasen24 US
• Chason10 US
• Chosynn8 US
• Chozin6 US
• Chasyn6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Chosen

Boys

• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*
• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025
• Thiago#50Portuguese, meaning “natal, relating to birth”^*
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*

For a sister

• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Sutton#181“south + town”^*
• Millie#73Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #469 in 2015, #73 in 2025
• Mabel#201“lovable”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Chosen’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.