How Many People Are Named Cheyne?
people named Cheyne are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 348,049 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,025 babies named Cheyne in Social Security records from 1971 to 2017, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
81 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cheyne, 11.5% were girls and 88.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Cheyne rose from 6.1% in the 1980s to 25.9% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cheyne alive today is about 34 years old, and 71% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cheyne first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1980, to 81 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2017.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2017
🏆 Rank History
Cheyne has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,080, in 1980. Among girls, its best rank was #5,983, in 1980.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,080 (1980) | #5,983 (1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,557 in the 1980s | #12,979 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cheyne alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cheyne were born in California than in any other state: about 247 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cheyne was given about 5.4 times as often in California.
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