Cheyne peaked in the US in 1980 at #1,079, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Cheyne as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2017
#10,775 (6)
2016
#12,185 (5)
2013
#12,136 (5)
2012
#10,770 (6)
2011
#12,287 (5)
2009
#8,985 (8)
2007
#5,901 (14)
2006
#8,732 (8)
2005
#7,640 (9)
2004
#6,138 (12)
2003
#4,815 (16)
2002
#3,909 (21)
2001
#4,476 (17)
2000
#4,785 (15)
1999
#4,537 (15)
Cheyne as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2007
#17,636 (5)
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2005
#13,010 (7)
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2004
#16,099 (5)
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2003
#7,207 (15)
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2001
—
#3,998 (3)
2000
#9,163 (10)
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1998
—
#3,848 (3)
1997
#9,017 (9)
#2,411 (6)
1996
#9,581 (8)
#3,795 (3)
1995
#11,783 (6)
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1994
#13,430 (5)
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1993
#10,588 (7)
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1992
#13,317 (5)
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1991
#13,147 (5)
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1987
#11,325 (5)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1980 at #1,079.
First recorded in the US in 1971.
In 2007, 26% of US babies named Cheyne were girls.