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 | ||
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| 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 1983
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#371 · 1 in 3,107
- Arkansas#394 · 1 in 2,590
- Utah#398 · 1 in 2,569
- Missouri#507 · 1 in 4,560
- Washington#519 · 1 in 3,896
Best ever in a state: #20 in West Virginia, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #371 | 9 | 1 in 3,107 |
| Arkansas | #394 | 5 | 1 in 2,590 |
| Utah | #398 | 6 | 1 in 2,569 |
| Missouri | #507 | 7 | 1 in 4,560 |
| Washington | #519 | 7 | 1 in 3,896 |
| Indiana | #574 | 6 | 1 in 5,634 |
| California | #640 | 38 | 1 in 4,940 |
| North Carolina | #706 | 5 | 1 in 6,674 |
| New York | #740 | 16 | 1 in 6,429 |
| Texas | #778 | 18 | 1 in 7,127 |
| Pennsylvania | #875 | 6 | 1 in 11,326 |
| Ohio | #983 | 5 | 1 in 13,773 |
| Florida | #1,091 | 5 | 1 in 11,771 |
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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 1983
Top girls' names in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
girls
1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 8,270 of them was named Cheyenne, which outranked 93.5% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 32,010 of them was named Cheyenne, which outranked 83.4% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,205Tavis57
- #1,205Thanh57
- #1,205Vidal57
- #1,222Cheyenne56
- #1,222Colter56
- #1,222Freeman56
- #1,222Hamilton56
- #1,239Ajay55
- #1,239Bjorn55
- #1,239Charley55
Tied with 16 names at #1,222; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.