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Chosen

Chosen: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“selected; picked out”
Origin
English
Say it
CHOH-zən · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (21% girls, 79% boys since 1880)

From the English word chosen, the past participle of choose. Its use as a given name is modern and devotional in sense rather than traditional in origin.

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How popular is Chosen?

2024168 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Chosen in 2024559

2024 rank#619 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,148

Chosen is rising: use over the last five years is 50.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Chosen

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Chozynmodern spelling of Chosen · American (modern coinage)
  • Chosynmodern spelling of Chosen · American (modern coinage)
  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English

Chosen questions

What does the name Chosen mean?

Chosen means "selected; picked out". It comes from English. From the English word chosen, the past participle of choose. Its use as a given name is modern and devotional in sense rather than traditional in origin.

Is Chosen a boy or girl name?

Chosen is used for both: about 21% of US babies named Chosen since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Chosen?

559 US babies were named Chosen in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Chosen?

Chosen is usually pronounced CHOH-zən.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.