Chosen

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A few things about Chosen you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Chosen

Chosen Jacobs

American actor, singer

Choose Chosen and your child shares a first name with Chosen Jacobs, an American actor, singer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Chosen, like who?” Chosen Jacobs's Wikipedia article is available in 20 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 3,164 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Chosen, 540 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Chosen would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryChosen first shows up in US birth records in 2003, the first year at least 5 babies got it. That makes it a fairly new name, younger than many of today's parents.
• 🏆Best yearChosen is at its all-time high right now: #555 in 2025.
• ✨New on the sceneChosen wasn't given to enough babies to be counted in 2000. It only took off after 2003.
• 🚀TrendChosen has climbed 918 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #555. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedChosen is most popular in Georgia, where it ranks #162, followed by Washington, D.C. (#168) and Mississippi (#215). It's in the top 1,000 in 25 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlChosen is given to both boys and girls: 84% of the 641 babies named Chosen in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn English, Chosen means “chosen”.

About the name Chosen

Chosen is a boy name meaning “chosen”. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with C and ending in “-sen”. US birth records list Chosen for boys from 2003 to 2025, in 18 of those 23 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #555 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #555, with 540 babies.