girl's name

Cheyenna

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 720

Cheyenna is a girl's name. In 2014 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1996, when 62 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1978.

Cheyenna over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Cheyenna by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 11
1980s 85
1990s 377
2000s 215
2010s (to 2014) 27

How popular is Cheyenna?

In 2014, Cheyenna was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Cheyenna is used

Canada #2,652 5 in 1998
United States #14,942 6 in 2014

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cheyenna

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cheyenna also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cheyenna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cheyenna

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cheyenna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cheyenna

How popular is the name Cheyenna?

In 2014, Cheyenna was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Cheyenna a girl's or a boy's name?

Cheyenna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Cheyenna most popular?

Cheyenna peaked in 1996, when 62 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.