How Many People Are Named Cheney?
people named Cheney are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,054,891 people in the US has this name
Based on 333 babies named Cheney in Social Security records from 1970 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
31 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cheney, 63.4% were girls and 36.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 66.4% of the babies were girls then and 72.4% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cheney alive today is about 29 years old, and 53% are under 30. Half of them were between 22 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cheney first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2001, to 31 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Cheney has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #5,221, in 2001. Among boys, its best rank was #3,563, in 1970.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #5,221 (2001) | #3,563 (1970) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #10,896 in the 2000s | #9,266 in the 1990s |
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