Che
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 85.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1974 · 94 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,105since 1968
Che over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,904 | 15 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,780 | 20 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,480 | 22 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,530 | 30 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | — | #3,708 | 28 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,332 | 33 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,879 | 41 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,591 | 29 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,659 | 44 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #2,528 | 44 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #2,643 | 40 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #3,119 | 30 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #2,372 | 43 |
| 2001 | — | #2,931 | 31 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #2,330 | 41 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #2,665 | 32 |
| 1998 | — | #2,199 | 41 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #2,483 | 31 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1994 | — | #2,012 | 41 | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #2,469 | 28 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #2,170 | 33 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #2,429 | 22 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #1,651 | 35 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,677 | 35 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #1,272 | 53 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #1,241 | 55 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #1,149 | 59 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #1,079 | 64 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #990 | 71 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #906 | 82 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | #832 | 94 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | #978 | 68 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | #905 | 78 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #873 | 87 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #839 | 92 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | #1,027 | 56 |
| 1968 | — | #1,836 | 19 | |
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First appearance
1968
The first year at least five boys were named Che! It came in at #1,836, and was given to 19 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2023, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,775 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #7,679)
- 1,059 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #7,679)
- 2,968 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 188 spots in 1970 (#1,027 → #839)
- Biggest drop: 89 spots in 1977 (#990 → #1,079)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1974 at #832 (94 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1970–1976
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,727
- Highest: 1 in 16,727 boys born in 1974 were named Che (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 35.6% of all boys named Che (750) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75 | #1,027 (1969) | #1,432 |
| 1970s | 750 | #832 (1974) | #979 |
| 1980s | 300 | #1,272 (1980) | #2,046 |
| 1990s | 319 | #2,012 (1994) | #2,465 |
| 2000s | 376 | #2,330 (2000) | #2,838 |
| 2010s | 201 | #3,530 (2012) | #4,914 |
| 2020s | 84 | #4,780 (2021) | #6,487 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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