Che
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 85.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1974 · 94 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,105since 1968
Che 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 | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,904 | 15 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,780 | 20 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,480 | 22 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,530 | 30 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | — | #3,708 | 28 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,332 | 33 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,879 | 41 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,591 | 29 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,659 | 44 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #2,528 | 44 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #2,643 | 40 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #3,119 | 30 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #2,372 | 43 |
| 2001 | — | #2,931 | 31 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #2,330 | 41 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #2,665 | 32 |
| 1998 | — | #2,199 | 41 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #2,483 | 31 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1994 | — | #2,012 | 41 | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #2,469 | 28 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #2,170 | 33 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #2,429 | 22 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #1,651 | 35 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,677 | 35 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #1,272 | 53 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #1,241 | 55 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #1,149 | 59 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #1,079 | 64 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #990 | 71 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #906 | 82 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | #832 | 94 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | #978 | 68 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | #905 | 78 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #873 | 87 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #839 | 92 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | #1,027 | 56 |
| 1968 | — | #1,836 | 19 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Che! It came in at #1,836, and was given to 19 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2023, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
See more about Che
- 1,775 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #7,679)
- 1,059 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #7,679)
- 2,968 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 188 spots in 1970 (#1,027 → #839)
- Biggest drop: 89 spots in 1977 (#990 → #1,079)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1974 at #832 (94 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1970–1976
- Highest: 1 in 16,727 boys born in 1974 were named Che (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.6% of all boys named Che (750) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75 | #1,027 (1969) | #1,432 |
| 1970s | 750 | #832 (1974) | #979 |
| 1980s | 300 | #1,272 (1980) | #2,046 |
| 1990s | 319 | #2,012 (1994) | #2,465 |
| 2000s | 376 | #2,330 (2000) | #2,838 |
| 2010s | 201 | #3,530 (2012) | #4,914 |
| 2020s | 84 | #4,780 (2021) | #6,487 |
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.
Che in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 112,170 of them was named Che, which outranked 55.5% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,155Zanetta14
- #4,155Zipporah14
- #4,155Zuleika14
- #4,362Che13
- #4,362Adrina13
- #4,362Alane13
- #4,362Alesa13
- #4,586Abra12
- #4,586Adelia12
- #4,586Akua12
Tied with 223 names at #4,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 22,920 of them was named Che, which outranked 83.4% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #971Lazaro69
- #971Murray69
- #971Zachery69
- #978Che68
- #978Donavan68
- #978Franco68
- #978Hassan68
- #987Andra67
- #987Dario67
- #987Delano67
Tied with 8 names at #978; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.