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How popular is the name Chen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Chens are alive today.
Chen (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2019 (ranked 4702nd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2007, when 10 babies were given the name, the 1885th most popular that year.
The Chen you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Chens born in England and Wales are between 12 and 20, and there are at least 110 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Chen - on average, only one in every 2,755 such rooms contains a Chen.
How many babies are named Chen each year?
Where does Chen rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Chen most popular?
Chen peaked in 2007, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Chen?
At least 110 people named Chen born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Chen?
Most living Chens are between 12 and 20; the most common age is about 15.
Is Chen becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.