Chet
#2,183 for boys in 2025, 65 births
- Peak · boys
- 1963 · 164 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,180since 1909
Chet over time
Rank among boys' names. Chet has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,183 | 65 |
| 2024 | #2,098 | 71 |
| 2023 | #2,221 | 64 |
| 2022 | #2,191 | 66 |
| 2021 | #2,552 | 51 |
| 2020 | #2,689 | 46 |
| 2019 | #2,851 | 43 |
| 2018 | #2,546 | 50 |
| 2017 | #3,123 | 37 |
| 2016 | #2,689 | 45 |
| 2015 | #3,022 | 38 |
| 2014 | #2,622 | 46 |
| 2013 | #2,955 | 38 |
| 2012 | #3,530 | 30 |
| 2011 | #3,046 | 37 |
| 2010 | #2,826 | 42 |
| 2009 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #3,165 | 36 |
| 2007 | #2,643 | 46 |
| 2006 | #3,227 | 33 |
| 2005 | #2,567 | 43 |
| 2004 | #2,238 | 51 |
| 2003 | #2,349 | 45 |
| 2002 | #2,428 | 41 |
| 2001 | #2,007 | 53 |
| 2000 | #1,993 | 51 |
| 1999 | #2,023 | 47 |
| 1998 | #1,957 | 49 |
| 1997 | #1,991 | 45 |
| 1996 | #1,517 | 66 |
| 1995 | #1,491 | 64 |
| 1994 | #1,544 | 60 |
| 1993 | #1,313 | 75 |
| 1992 | #1,572 | 56 |
| 1991 | #1,202 | 85 |
| 1990 | #1,252 | 78 |
| 1989 | #1,228 | 76 |
| 1988 | #1,092 | 83 |
| 1987 | #961 | 96 |
| 1986 | #1,008 | 84 |
| 1985 | #1,057 | 76 |
| 1984 | #938 | 88 |
| 1983 | #848 | 106 |
| 1982 | #884 | 102 |
| 1981 | #851 | 107 |
| 1980 | #859 | 106 |
| 1979 | #952 | 86 |
| 1978 | #741 | 130 |
| 1977 | #755 | 128 |
| 1976 | #700 | 140 |
| 1975 | #712 | 135 |
| 1974 | #749 | 117 |
| 1973 | #796 | 99 |
| 1972 | #792 | 102 |
| 1971 | #717 | 133 |
| 1970 | #651 | 158 |
| 1969 | #836 | 84 |
| 1968 | #779 | 90 |
| 1967 | #758 | 94 |
| 1966 | #696 | 113 |
| 1965 | #697 | 113 |
| 1964 | #647 | 144 |
| 1963 | #612 | 164 |
| 1962 | #624 | 154 |
| 1961 | #627 | 158 |
| 1960 | #718 | 118 |
| 1959 | #712 | 116 |
| 1958 | #695 | 116 |
| 1957 | #803 | 87 |
| 1956 | #833 | 80 |
| 1955 | #1,022 | 54 |
| 1954 | #1,227 | 37 |
| 1953 | #1,427 | 28 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,643 | 21 |
| 1950 | #1,615 | 21 |
| 1949 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,196 | 34 |
| 1945 | #1,270 | 27 |
| 1944 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,399 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | — | |
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| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Chet! It came in at #1,277, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Chet is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#330 · 1 in 3,304
- Washington#488 · 1 in 6,261
- Louisiana#625 · 1 in 6,810
- Illinois#867 · 1 in 15,964
- California#1,189 · 1 in 25,367
Best ever in a state: #180 in Utah, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #330 | 5 | 1 in 3,304 |
| Washington | #488 | 5 | 1 in 6,261 |
| Louisiana | #625 | 5 | 1 in 6,810 |
| Illinois | #867 | 5 | 1 in 15,964 |
| California | #1,189 | 9 | 1 in 25,367 |
| Texas | #1,314 | 5 | 1 in 29,265 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Chet
- 85 spots since 2024 (#2,098 → #2,183)
- 506 spots since 2020 (#2,689 → #2,183)
- 839 spots since 2015 (#3,022 → #2,183)
- Biggest jump: 189 spots in 1956 (#1,022 → #833)
- Biggest drop: 211 spots in 1979 (#741 → #952)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1963 at #612 (164 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1956–1984
- Highest: 1 in 11,207 boys born in 1976 were named Chet (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,278 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #612 in 1963, was only 1 in 12,385 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.9% of all boys named Chet (1,232) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,277 (1909) | #1,277 |
| 1910s | 49 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,705 |
| 1920s | 55 | #2,843 (1928) | #3,546 |
| 1930s | 74 | #1,929 (1935) | #2,603 |
| 1940s | 216 | #1,196 (1946) | #1,610 |
| 1950s | 579 | #695 (1958) | #1,173 |
| 1960s | 1,232 | #612 (1963) | #699 |
| 1970s | 1,228 | #651 (1970) | #757 |
| 1980s | 924 | #848 (1983) | #973 |
| 1990s | 625 | #1,202 (1991) | #1,586 |
| 2000s | 423 | #1,993 (2000) | #2,678 |
| 2010s | 406 | #2,546 (2018) | #2,921 |
| 2020s | 363 | #2,098 (2024) | #2,322 |
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.
Chet in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 21,923 of them was named Chet, which outranked 87.1% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,003Nicole85
- #1,003Theo85
- #1,003Tremayne85
- #1,008Chet84
- #1,008Asher84
- #1,008Cade84
- #1,008Irving84
- #1,015Arnulfo83
- #1,015Jarryd83
- #1,015Kale83
Tied with 6 names at #1,008; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.