Chosen is an English word name that expresses the parents' faith and hope: their son is the "chosen one", "selected" and wanted. It belongs to the recent wave of meaningful word names for boys like Legend, Messiah and Sincere, which is strongest in African American families. In the United States Chosen was a rarity at number 8161 in 2015, entered the top 1000 in 2022 and reaches number 555 among boys' names in 2025, its best rank yet.