Zhen
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- JUHN
- Origin
- Chinese
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Zhen is a name of Chinese origin, meaning “true, genuine; precious”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Zhen mean?
Chinese: meaning depends on the character, e.g. zhen 'true' or zhen 'precious'
“true, genuine; precious”
In Mandarin pinyin the zh sounds close to the j in jungle.
Is Zhen a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Zhen has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Zhen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 boys.
Zhen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Zhen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Zhen, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Zhen in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zhen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Zhen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru, Yug, Zuko, Ryu, Kairo, Mikko, Minh, Loki, Kota, Kaizen, Chozen, Rumi
Names related to Zhen
More Chinese names
Lian, Jia, Mei, Tai, Tian, Jun, Mulan, Yi, Tao, San, Jian, Han, Mian, Bao, Xia, Lin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zhen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zhen, updated 20 October 2026.