Chozyn
Masculine · Old English roots · “chosen”
Chozyn is given to both — 486 boys and 225 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Chozyn is the English word "chosen" written with a z, part of a wave of American word-names given to sons in the last decade. It says itself on sight — two even syllables, a soft z in the middle — and it is new enough on the record that most of the people carrying it are small children. Its strongest footholds so far are in the Southeast and Texas.
How old is the name Chozyn?
Chozyn first appears in US birth records in 2018 — 7 years ago. Chozyn is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Chozyns are still in diapers. About 500 people named Chozyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Chozyn most popular?
Chozyn peaked in 2025, reaching #1018 nationally. Today it ranks #1018, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
From cēosan (Old English, "to choose") to Chozyn
The story of Chozyn
This is a modern American name rather than an inherited one: it comes straight from the English adjective, the same way Legend, Blessing and Justice do. The word itself is old — cēosan meant "to choose" in Old English, and "chosen" has carried a note of being singled out in English for well over a thousand years, including in the King James Bible. The name proper is a recent arrival, appearing in US birth records only in the past decade and rising since. The -zyn ending puts it alongside spellings like Jazlyn and Rozlyn, where z and y do the work that s and e used to.
Meaning
chosen
The word behind it is the past participle of "choose", from Old English cēosan. The plainer spelling Chosen is also in use as a given name in the US; Chozyn swaps in the z and the y-ending that English spelling has been fond of for a century.
How the name formed
- cēosanOld English, "to choose"
- chosen
- Chosen
- Chozyn
Pronouncing Chozyn
CHOH-zin
Stress on the first syllable, and it is a homophone of the word "chosen" — the z is pronounced exactly like the s in the word. First-time readers almost always get it right out loud.
Nicknames for Chozyn
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2018
- Most boys named
- 2025220 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1018reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +94.7%220 in 2025, from 113
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Chozyn in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Georgia, North Carolina, Texas.
Chozyns among us
people named Chozyn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 7,764 born in 2025 was named Chozyn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Chozyn
- #1018
- Chozyn on the 2025 chart
- #629
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Chozyn went to 220 boys in 2025, but Chosyn, Chosynn and Chozin and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 315, which makes it the 629th most-given boys’ name of the year — 389 places above the chart.
- Chozyn220
- Chosyn76
- Chosynn8
- Chozin6
- Chozynn5
About 1 boy in 5,422 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 7,764 for Chozyn itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Reco test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Chozyn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Reco climbed just as high around 1976, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Reco's path sketches the road Chozyn is walking now.
Chozyn is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Chozyn is headed
Chozyn is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 174% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Chozyn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Chozyn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Transparent to any English speaker: it is a familiar word, so people say it correctly the first time they see it.
- Belongs to a recognized group of English word-names given to boys, so it needs no explaining when introduced.
- A child with this name will very likely be the only one in the school, with no last-initial required.
- Clips easily to Choz or Cho, which gives an everyday form alongside the full name.
- The spelling will need repeating for life. Chosen, Chozen and Chozyn all exist, and the z-and-y version is the one strangers guess last.
- A word-name states its meaning out loud every time it is said. Some people carry that happily; it is worth picturing on a résumé as well as on a nursery door.
- The name is genuinely new, so there are almost no adult Chozyns yet — nothing to compare against, and for now it reads as belonging to the youngest generation.
- Its use is clustered in a few states, so it may feel much more familiar in Georgia or Texas than elsewhere.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Chozyn to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Chozyn? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Chozyn
Masculine · Old English roots · #1018 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Chozyns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Chozyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Chozyn?
- Chozyn is the most-used spelling in US records — 220 of the 315 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Chosyn, Chosynn, Chozin and Chozynn.
- How popular is the name Chozyn in 2025?
- Chozyn ranks #1018 among US boy names in 2025, with 220 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Chozyn?
- About 1 in every 7,764 US boys born in 2025 was named Chozyn — 220 in all.
- Will my child share the name Chozyn with classmates?
- Chozyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Chozyn
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Maurice#1018 · Jadiel#1018 · Zayan#1015 · Bastian#1021 · Kace#1015 · Stefan#1021 · Joziah#1015 · Kamazi#1021
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Chozyn? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Chozyn and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle