Challen
Challen is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Challen Cates, American independent film producer and actress Challen Skeet (1895–1978), English first-class cricketer
Meaning & Origin of Challen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Challen is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Challen Cates, American independent film producer and actress Challen Skeet (1895–1978), English first-class cricketer
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The Story of Challen
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Challen as a girl name dates back to 1994, when 5 babies received it. 1994 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Challen — #13,429 in the national rankings. Challen last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Challen as a boy name dates back to 1990, when 6 babies received it. 1992 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Challen — #4,873 in the national rankings. About 76% of every Challen on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Challen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 71 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Challen
Challen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 71 births in the dataset. Challen's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #4,873. Use the chart and map above to compare Challen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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