Chen is a very rare variant of Chana that peaked in 2007 and has since faded.
Chen is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Chen was first reported in SSA data in 1977 and peaked in 1983 (9 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,145 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,017 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,756 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,933 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,001 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,538 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,890 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,918 |
| 2013 | 12 | 12 | #17,109 | #9,834 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,802 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,574 |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,058 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,853 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | #12,924 | #11,155 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | #15,535 | — |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | #17,031 | #11,746 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,635 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,169 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | #15,944 | #7,765 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,635 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | — | #8,652 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | — | #6,070 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | #12,085 | #9,016 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | #13,866 | #7,782 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #10,702 | — |
| 1991 | 7 | — | — | #6,622 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | #13,362 | #7,324 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | — | #7,098 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | — | #6,899 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | — | #4,186 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #10,779 | — |
| 1977 | 7 | — | — | #4,667 |