At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2009 (#17,294)
- Babies in 2009
- 5 (<0.01% of girls)
- Peak
- #7,574 in 1996
- First recorded
- 1994
Meaning of Cheyan
Soft on the tongue as amanecer’s first light, the name Cheyan (pronounced CHAY-ahn /tʃeɪˈan/) unfolds like a sunlit sonnet across a newborn’s cradle. Rooted in the legacy of the Cheyenne people—whose very word means “people of a different speech”—it is reborn here as an invitation to wander beyond the horizon, a daughter’s destiny inscribed in open skies. Each syllable carries the warmth of Latin temperaments: the caress of a brisa at dusk, the vivid palette of a desert’s alba, the gentle promise of tierras sin fronteras. Since the early 1990s, Cheyan has graced American birth records with steady grace, weaving a quiet refrain around the nine-hundredth rank—a subtle melody that speaks of both heritage and uncharted dreams. To bestow Cheyan upon a little girl is to gift her a living puente between ancestral roots and the infinite paths that await her softly beating heart.
How to pronounce Cheyan
English
- Pronounced CHAY-uhn /tʃeɪˈɑn/
Popularity of Cheyan in the U.S.
Cheyan was last recorded in the U.S. in 2009, ranked #17,294 with 5 babies. It peaked at #7,574 in 1996. It first appears in the records in 1994.
- Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1994–2009 15 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 17,294 | ▼ 3,462 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13,832 | ▼ 3,703 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10,129 | ▲ 3,477 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13,606 | ▼ 596 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,010 | ▼ 249 |
| 2004 | 7 | 12,761 | ▼ 4,256 |
| 2003 | 12 | 8,505 | back (not recorded in 2002) |
| 2001 | 13 | 7,724 | ▲ 1,439 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,163 | ▼ 1,447 |
| 1999 | 12 | 7,716 | ▲ 1,544 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9,260 | ▼ 243 |
| 1997 | 9 | 9,017 | ▼ 1,443 |
| 1996 | 11 | 7,574 | ▲ 4,209 |
| 1995 | 6 | 11,783 | ▼ 5 |
| 1994 | 6 | 11,778 | new |