Cheyenne
#920 for girls in 2025, 285 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to girls 96.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 4,866 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 7 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 70,732since 1946
Cheyenne over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #920 | 285 | — | |
| 2024 | #870 | 311 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #787 | 358 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #686 | 427 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #660 | 451 | — | |
| 2020 | #579 | 509 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #496 | 632 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #465 | 678 | — | |
| 2017 | #429 | 741 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #411 | 809 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #346 | 952 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #360 | 911 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #330 | 983 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #318 | 1,019 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #274 | 1,159 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #229 | 1,374 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #186 | 1,771 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #160 | 2,111 | #5,249 | 17 |
| 2007 | #147 | 2,366 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #170 | 2,077 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #171 | 1,966 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #149 | 2,190 | #2,643 | 40 |
| 2003 | #134 | 2,475 | #2,993 | 32 |
| 2002 | #127 | 2,712 | #2,470 | 40 |
| 2001 | #119 | 2,875 | #2,217 | 46 |
| 2000 | #99 | 3,367 | #2,087 | 48 |
| 1999 | #84 | 3,779 | #1,966 | 49 |
| 1998 | #72 | 4,327 | #1,622 | 64 |
| 1997 | #68 | 4,764 | #1,350 | 82 |
| 1996 | #68 | 4,866 | #1,101 | 109 |
| 1995 | #86 | 4,088 | #1,005 | 122 |
| 1994 | #99 | 3,307 | #1,041 | 114 |
| 1993 | #135 | 2,372 | #1,047 | 111 |
| 1992 | #169 | 1,795 | #1,255 | 81 |
| 1991 | #175 | 1,718 | #972 | 120 |
| 1990 | #331 | 833 | #1,564 | 53 |
| 1989 | #586 | 373 | #1,382 | 63 |
| 1988 | #635 | 314 | #1,618 | 44 |
| 1987 | #664 | 281 | #1,534 | 46 |
| 1986 | #745 | 236 | #1,476 | 46 |
| 1985 | #894 | 178 | #1,594 | 40 |
| 1984 | #867 | 175 | #1,556 | 39 |
| 1983 | #787 | 202 | #1,222 | 56 |
| 1982 | #824 | 190 | #1,242 | 56 |
| 1981 | #912 | 164 | #1,246 | 54 |
| 1980 | #871 | 176 | #1,187 | 59 |
| 1979 | #1,061 | 130 | #1,169 | 60 |
| 1978 | #1,117 | 116 | #1,149 | 59 |
| 1977 | #1,153 | 109 | #1,054 | 67 |
| 1976 | #1,009 | 124 | #1,163 | 54 |
| 1975 | #1,278 | 87 | #1,042 | 63 |
| 1974 | #1,252 | 87 | #1,124 | 53 |
| 1973 | #1,690 | 53 | #1,045 | 60 |
| 1972 | #1,698 | 52 | #1,262 | 43 |
| 1971 | #2,137 | 38 | #1,415 | 36 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | #1,743 | 25 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #1,609 | 23 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | — | #1,948 | 18 | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #1,523 | 28 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #1,916 | 18 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,186 | 42 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #897 | 71 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 | #1,218 | 39 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cheyenne! It came in at #4,960, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1961, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cheyenne is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#269 · 1 in 1,337
- Arizona#522 · 1 in 3,277
- Wisconsin#533 · 1 in 5,793
- Indiana#538 · 1 in 4,971
- Florida#759 · 1 in 6,289
Best ever in a state: #20 in West Virginia, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Idaho | #269 | 5 | 1 in 1,337 |
| Arizona | #522 | 5 | 1 in 3,277 |
| Wisconsin | #533 | 5 | 1 in 5,793 |
| Indiana | #538 | 7 | 1 in 4,971 |
| Florida | #759 | 7 | 1 in 6,289 |
| Pennsylvania | #810 | 7 | 1 in 9,429 |
| Ohio | #1,005 | 5 | 1 in 13,791 |
| New York | #1,070 | 9 | 1 in 10,925 |
| California | #1,109 | 14 | 1 in 10,952 |
| Texas | #1,202 | 8 | 1 in 12,924 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Cheyenne
- 50 spots since 2024 (#870 → #920)
- 341 spots since 2020 (#579 → #920)
- 574 spots since 2015 (#346 → #920)
- Biggest jump: 255 spots in 1990 (#586 → #331)
- Biggest drop: 101 spots in 2023 (#686 → #787)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1996 at #68 (4,866 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 7 yrs · run 1994–2000
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1980–2025
- Highest: 1 in 360 girls born in 1996 were named Cheyenne (0.28%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,640 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 45.0% of all girls named Cheyenne (31,849) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 42 | #2,620 (1949) | #3,606 |
| 1950s | 135 | #2,453 (1956) | #3,391 |
| 1960s | 83 | #2,917 (1969) | #4,960 |
| 1970s | 825 | #1,009 (1976) | #1,492 |
| 1980s | 2,289 | #586 (1989) | #779 |
| 1990s | 31,849 | #68 (1996) | #129 |
| 2000s | 23,910 | #99 (2000) | #146 |
| 2010s | 9,258 | #229 (2010) | #366 |
| 2020s | 2,341 | #579 (2020) | #750 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cheyenne in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 13,206 of them was named Cheyenne, which outranked 90.3% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,104Tressa118
- #1,115Malika117
- #1,115Nicki117
- #1,117Cheyenne116
- #1,117Ashlie116
- #1,117Ayana116
- #1,117Carmela116
- #1,126Aida115
- #1,126Catalina115
- #1,126Catina115
Tied with 8 names at #1,117; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 27,828 of them was named Cheyenne, which outranked 83.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,134Royal60
- #1,134Samson60
- #1,134Shedrick60
- #1,149Cheyenne59
- #1,149Benson59
- #1,149Brenden59
- #1,149Che59
- #1,170Demetrios58
- #1,170Enrico58
- #1,170Jessy58
Tied with 20 names at #1,149; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.