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

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Peak · girls
1996 · 4,866 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
7 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
70,732
since 1946

Cheyenne over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #68, 1996girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#920285
2024#870311#9,8947
2023#787358#10,8216
2022#686427#7,76810
2021#660451
2020#579509#10,6056
2019#496632#7,17311
2018#465678
2017#429741#8,8408
2016#411809#12,1855
2015#346952#7,06611
2014#360911#9,6427
2013#330983#8,1189
2012#3181,019#8,1589
2011#2741,159#7,50210
2010#2291,374#5,47816
2009#1861,771#6,09514
2008#1602,111#5,24917
2007#1472,366#5,21017
2006#1702,077#4,52020
2005#1711,966#4,82417
2004#1492,190#2,64340
2003#1342,475#2,99332
2002#1272,712#2,47040
2001#1192,875#2,21746
2000#993,367#2,08748
1999#843,779#1,96649
1998#724,327#1,62264
1997#684,764#1,35082
1996#684,866#1,101109
1995#864,088#1,005122
1994#993,307#1,041114
1993#1352,372#1,047111
1992#1691,795#1,25581
1991#1751,718#972120
1990#331833#1,56453
1989#586373#1,38263
1988#635314#1,61844
1987#664281#1,53446
1986#745236#1,47646
1985#894178#1,59440
1984#867175#1,55639
1983#787202#1,22256
1982#824190#1,24256
1981#912164#1,24654
1980#871176#1,18759
1979#1,061130#1,16960
1978#1,117116#1,14959
1977#1,153109#1,05467
1976#1,009124#1,16354
1975#1,27887#1,04263
1974#1,25287#1,12453
1973#1,69053#1,04560
1972#1,69852#1,26243
1971#2,13738#1,41536
1970#2,52229#1,74325
1969#2,91721#2,13016
1968#3,78913#2,44512
1967#6,8045#1,60923
1966#5,2737#1,81418
1965#4,4949#1,91817
1964#6,0096#2,20514
1963#4,8968#2,53911
1962#5,2937#2,27913
1961#1,94818
1960#5,1687#1,52328
1959#4,6258#1,91618
1958#6,1035#1,18642
1957#3,69611#89771
1956#2,45321#1,21839
1955#2,97115#3,8865
1954#2,51919
1953#2,69916#3,4256
1952#2,67116
1951#2,93713#3,3646
1950#3,23511
1949#2,62015#3,6905
1948#4,2057
1947#2,63715
1946#4,9605
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First appearance
1946

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 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedNHWashington: #348 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,147 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #342 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,509 girlsMNIllinois: #1,172 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,284 girlsILWisconsin: #523 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,776 girlsWIMichigan: #573 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,221 girlsMINew York: #662 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 5,184 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedORNevada: #191 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 943 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedSDIowa: #404 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,128 girlsIAIndiana: #551 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,846 girlsINOhio: #538 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,902 girlsOHPennsylvania: #686 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,991 girlsPANew Jersey: #906 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,058 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #649 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 4,860 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedUTColorado: #361 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,318 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedNEMissouri: #439 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,519 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedDEArizona: #323 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,799 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedNMKansas: #421 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,864 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedARTennessee: #572 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,822 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cheyenne, so not publishedALGeorgia: #858 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,024 girlsGAHawaii: #257 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 995 girlsHITexas: #675 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 5,346 girlsTXFlorida: #611 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,861 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#191 · 1 in 943
  2. Hawaii#257 · 1 in 995
  3. Arizona#323 · 1 in 1,799
  4. Minnesota#342 · 1 in 2,509
  5. Washington#348 · 1 in 2,147

Best ever in a state: #20 in West Virginia, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#19161 in 943
Hawaii#25751 in 995
Arizona#323141 in 1,799
Minnesota#342111 in 2,509
Washington#348131 in 2,147
Colorado#36191 in 2,318
Iowa#40451 in 3,128
Kansas#42151 in 2,864
Missouri#43991 in 3,519
Wisconsin#52361 in 4,776
Ohio#538141 in 4,902
Indiana#55171 in 4,846
Tennessee#57261 in 4,822
Michigan#573111 in 5,221
Florida#611151 in 4,861
California#649471 in 4,860
New York#662221 in 5,184
Texas#675241 in 5,346
Pennsylvania#686101 in 6,991
Georgia#85851 in 8,024
New Jersey#90651 in 9,058
Illinois#1,17261 in 12,284
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1996 at #68 (4,866 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 7 yrs · run 1994–2000
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1980–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 360
  • Highest: 1 in 360 girls born in 1996 were named Cheyenne (0.28%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,640 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 45.0% of all girls named Cheyenne (31,849) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s42#2,620 (1949)#3,606
1950s135#2,453 (1956)#3,391
1960s83#2,917 (1969)#4,960
1970s825#1,009 (1976)#1,492
1980s2,289#586 (1989)#779
1990s31,849#68 (1996)#129
2000s23,910#99 (2000)#146
2010s9,258#229 (2010)#366
2020s2,341#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 1988

girls
#635
314 births · 1 in 5,672 girls
boys
#1,618
44 births · 1 in 43,506 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #635Cheyenne314

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #1,618Cheyenne44
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 5,672 of them was named Cheyenne, which outranked 95.4% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cheyenne
  1. #631Julianna315
  2. #631Marquita315
  3. #631Noel315
  4. #635Cheyenne314
  5. #636Lucia313
  6. #637Adrianne312
  7. #638Gwendolyn310
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 2,890Jalissa#3,857#967
  2. 2,381Taja#3,101#720
  3. 1,710Whitley#2,156#446
  4. 1,225Jalisa#1,662#437
  5. 883Jaleesa#1,227#344
Fallers
  1. 620Channing#590#1,210
  2. 346Denisse#954#1,300
  3. 319Jeana#966#1,285
  4. 314Eliana#826#1,140
  5. 311Nakia#893#1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 43,506 of them was named Cheyenne, which outranked 81.0% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cheyenne
  1. #1,592Shae45
  2. #1,592Tayler45
  3. #1,592Yusuf45
  4. #1,618Cheyenne44
  5. #1,618Avraham44
  6. #1,618Chace44
  7. #1,618Darrion44
  8. #1,645Alexandra43
  9. #1,645Anand43
  10. #1,645Arik43

Tied with 26 names at #1,618; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 3,252Nico#4,239#987
  2. 1,245Ridge#2,215#970
  3. 668Colten#1,484#816
  4. 600Brantley#1,587#987
  5. 518Long#1,337#819
Fallers
  1. 362Cordaro#908#1,270
  2. 246Ramsey#884#1,130
  3. 241Yaakov#974#1,215
  4. 233Adrain#990#1,223
  5. 230Kiel#846#1,076

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988