Chosen
Girl name · #1926 in 2025 · Rare
In 2025, 101 baby girls were named Chosen, placing it at #1926 in the official national rankings. A decade ago it stood at #10866, so the name has been rising over the past ten years. Roughly one in every 17,822 girls born in 2025 was named Chosen.
The 20-year story
Chosen first appears in the Social Security records in 2005, when 7 girls received the name. Its all-time peak is essentially right now: 2025, with 101 babies and a rank of #1911. Names at their peak can keep climbing — or be one trend cycle from the long slide that eventually hits most popular names. Following the curve matters more than today's snapshot: a name's position on its rise-peak-decline arc is the best predictor of how common it will feel in a kindergarten class five years from now.
Babies named Chosen per year. Source: SSA.
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Uniqueness: will there be another Chosen in class?
On our rarity read — which blends how common Chosen is today with its five-year momentum — the name reads as "rare". A high score means genuine rarity — your Chosen will likely be the only one in the room, with the occasional spelling-out as the price.
Where Chosen is most common
State-level data for Chosen is too sparse in 2025 to rank by rate — in most states its count falls below the SSA's per-state reporting threshold (counts under 5 are withheld).
Names like Chosen
Statistically, parents drawn to Chosen tend to be choosing among names with similar popularity arcs, era profiles, and sounds — the closest matches in our model are Chozen, Wateen, Chosyn, Lowen, and Chozyn.
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Rank history (last 25 years)
| Year | Babies named Chosen | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #1911 |
| 2024 | 100 | #1966 |
| 2023 | 93 | #2076 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2445 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3491 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3676 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5986 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6792 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5661 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14331 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10866 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16547 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12429 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13010 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Chosen a popular girl name?
Chosen ranked #1926 among girls in 2025 with 101 babies given the name — outside the top 500, making it an uncommon pick. Ten years earlier it ranked #10866.
When was the name Chosen most popular?
Chosen peaked in 2025, when 101 American girls received the name (ranked #1911 that year). That peak is current — the name is at or near its all-time high right now.
How rare is the name Chosen?
In 2025, roughly 1 in 17,822 newborn American girls was named Chosen. On our rarity scale (rarity blended with momentum) we classify it as "rare".
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration name statistics, 1880–2025, national and state files. Counts reflect Social Security card applications; names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a state-year are suppressed by the SSA.