Cheyne
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #10,775
Given to boys 88.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 70 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 910since 1971
Cheyne over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | |
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| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
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| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | — | #3,909 | 21 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,597 | 20 | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #2,219 | 36 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #2,641 | 27 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #2,214 | 34 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #2,190 | 33 |
| 1990 | — | #1,361 | 67 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,106 | 33 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,909 | 34 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #1,563 | 45 |
| 1986 | — | #1,565 | 42 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,644 | 38 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,531 | 40 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #1,375 | 46 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #1,229 | 57 |
| 1981 | — | #2,138 | 24 | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #1,079 | 70 |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
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| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Cheyne! It came in at #4,375, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1978, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cheyne is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#772 · 1 in 13,429
Best ever in a state: #180 in Hawaii, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #772 | 17 | 1 in 13,429 |
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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 Cheyne
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1980 at #1,079 (70 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,485 boys born in 1980 were named Cheyne (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 308,493 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 47.1% of all boys named Cheyne (429) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 32 | #2,777 (1979) | #4,646 |
| 1980s | 429 | #1,079 (1980) | #1,614 |
| 1990s | 302 | #1,361 (1990) | #2,853 |
| 2000s | 120 | #3,909 (2002) | #6,153 |
| 2010s | 27 | #10,770 (2012) | #11,631 |
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.
Cheyne in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 43,846 of them was named Cheyne, which outranked 80.0% 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).
- #1,535Weldon43
- #1,535Wiley43
- #1,535Williams43
- #1,565Cheyne42
- #1,565Aj42
- #1,565Caesar42
- #1,565Dannie42
- #1,588Anthoney41
- #1,588Antuan41
- #1,588Apollo41
Tied with 22 names at #1,565; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.