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Zhen

From Chinese 珍 meaning "precious, rare", 真 meaning "real, genuine", 贞 meaning "virtuous, chaste, loyal", or other Chinese characters that are pronounced similarly.

Usage languagesChinese
US rank (2025)#10,695

Meaning and history

From Chinese 珍 (zhēn) meaning “precious, rare,” 真 (zhēn) meaning “real, genuine,” 贞 (zhēn) meaning “virtuous, chaste, loyal,” or other similarly pronounced Chinese characters.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: 5 births, rank #12,491
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 5 births, rank #12,136
2014: 6 births, rank #10,717
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
20162016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: 6 births, rank #10,775
2018: 5 births, rank #12,156
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: 10 births, rank #7,502
20212021: 5 births, rank #12,146
2022: 7 births, rank #9,823
2023: 21 births, rank #4,742
2024: 6 births, rank #10,938
20252025: 6 births, rank #10,695

In 2025, 6 babies were recorded with the name Zhen, ranking #10,695 among boys.