girls' name ★ peaked 1996

Cheyenne

Gender Girl · 4% boys Rank 2025 #920 Trend ↓ Falling 46%

Cheyenne is a unisex name of Lakota origin, though it is more commonly used by females than males.

Rank 2025
#920
among girls · ↓50 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
285
named Cheyenne · -10% vs 2024
How common
1 in 5,640
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1996
4,975 babies
All-time total
73,428
#474 all-time among girls
First recorded
1946
in Social Security records

Cheyenne popularity over time

73,428 babies have been named Cheyenne since 1946, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.751.52.25318801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s 42 5 47 5 – #2,637
1950s 135 187 322 32 +585% #2,467
1960s 83 170 253 25 -21% #2,928
1970s 825 520 1,345 135 +432% #1,010
1980s 2,289 503 2,792 279 +108% #587
1990s 31,849 905 32,754 3,275 +1073% #68
2000s 23,910 291 24,201 2,420 -26% #99
2010s 9,258 86 9,344 934 -61% #229
2020s (to 2025) 2,341 29 2,370 395 -58% #580

Where Cheyenne is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 257 0.16 outside top 500
2027 236 0.15 outside top 500
2028 219 0.14 outside top 500
2029 206 0.13 outside top 500
2030 195 0.12 outside top 500

Where Cheyenne is most popular

Girls named Cheyenne per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.226 per 1,000. Strongest in Idaho, Oklahoma, and Arizona.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Cheyenne born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Idaho 17 0.508 +125%
Oklahoma 35 0.476 +111%
Arizona 66 0.470 +108%
Arkansas 23 0.435 +93%
North Carolina 95 0.417 +85%
Kansas 24 0.416 +84%
Tennessee 59 0.372 +65%
Montana 5 0.369 +64%
Colorado 40 0.358 +59%
South Dakota 5 0.350 +55%
Kentucky 29 0.339 +50%
Virginia 57 0.334 +48%
Minnesota 36 0.334 +48%
Georgia 74 0.326 +44%
Wisconsin 31 0.301 +33%
Missouri 36 0.299 +32%
Texas 238 0.296 +31%
Iowa 17 0.291 +29%
Washington 42 0.291 +29%
Indiana 40 0.285 +26%
Alabama 25 0.266 +18%
Louisiana 23 0.263 +16%
Florida 102 0.238 +6%
Pennsylvania 56 0.237 +5%
Ohio 55 0.232 ≈ national
Utah 18 0.216 ≈ national
California 180 0.214 -5%
Oregon 13 0.200 -12%
Illinois 44 0.192 -15%
Maryland 20 0.189 -16%
Michigan 34 0.187 -17%
South Carolina 13 0.145 -36%
Mississippi 6 0.128 -43%
New Jersey 21 0.116 -48%
Nevada 5 0.108 -52%
New York 36 0.091 -60%
Massachusetts 6 0.050 -78%
Alaska – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Maine – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Rhode Island – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Cheyenne

Cheyenne is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #920 in 2025 with 285 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1946, 73,428 American babies have been named Cheyenne. Its peak came in 1996, when 4,975 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1990s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Cheyenne stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Cheyenne?

The median living Cheyenne is about 26 years old; half are between 19 and 30. An estimated 72 thousand people named Cheyenne are alive in the United States today.

median 26 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Cheyenne year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 285 #920 – –
2024 311 #870 7 #10,088
2023 358 #787 6 #11,082
2022 427 #686 10 #7,862
2021 451 #660 – –
2020 509 #580 6 #10,853
2019 632 #496 11 #7,260
2018 678 #465 – –
2017 741 #429 8 #9,005
2016 809 #412 5 #12,541
2015 952 #346 11 #7,154
2014 911 #360 7 #9,827
2013 983 #330 9 #8,233
2012 1,019 #318 9 #8,276
2011 1,159 #274 10 #7,603
2010 1,374 #229 16 #5,524
2009 1,771 #186 14 #6,153
2008 2,111 #160 17 #5,289
2007 2,366 #147 17 #5,242
2006 2,077 #170 20 #4,544
2005 1,966 #171 17 #4,861
2004 2,190 #149 40 #2,651
2003 2,475 #134 32 #3,004
2002 2,712 #127 40 #2,474
2001 2,875 #119 46 #2,223
2000 3,367 #99 48 #2,090
1995 4,088 #86 122 #1,007
1990 833 #331 53 #1,569
1985 178 #894 40 #1,598
1980 176 #871 59 #1,187
1975 87 #1,279 63 #1,044
1970 29 #2,526 25 #1,751
1965 9 #4,549 17 #1,927
1960 7 #5,254 28 #1,528
1955 15 #2,997 5 #3,964
1950 11 #3,254 – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Cheyenne

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Cheyenne Jackson Cheyenne Jackson American actor and singer (born 1975) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Cheyenne, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Cheyenne?

The median living Cheyenne is about 26 years old. Half of all living Cheyennes are between 19 and 30 years old.

How many people named Cheyenne are alive today?

An estimated 72 thousand people named Cheyenne are alive in the United States, based on 73,428 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Cheyenne mean?

Cheyenne is a unisex name of Lakota origin, though it is more commonly used by females than males.

How popular is the name Cheyenne in 2025?

Cheyenne ranked #920 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 285 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Cheyenne?

73,428 babies have been named Cheyenne in the United States since 1946, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Cheyenne most popular?

Cheyenne peaked in 1996, when 4,975 newborns received the name.

Is Cheyenne a boy or girl name?

Cheyenne is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 96% of babies with the name.

Is the name Cheyenne rising or falling?

Cheyenne is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Cheyenne become more popular?

Cheyenne is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 195 girls named Cheyenne in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Cheyenne?

Well-known people named Cheyenne include Cheyenne Jackson (actor).

Names like Cheyenne

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