NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Chen Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Chen: every year it appeared on the national list since 1977, with 193 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
193
Peak year
1983 #4186
Years on the list
29
10-year trend
-21.4%

In the 1980s ·

Popularity history

1977–2024

YearBirthsRank
20055#11746
20076#11155
20085#12853
20097#10058
20105#12574
20117#9802
20137#9834
20148#8918
20158#8890
20165#12538
20178#9001
20197#9933
20207#9756
20227#10017
20248#9145

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1983

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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