At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2010 (#11,246)
- Babies in 2010
- 9 (<0.01% of girls)
- Peak
- #2,328 in 1997
- First recorded
- 1976
Meaning of Cheyene
Cheyene, pronounced shy-EN, sweeps in like a warm prairie breeze carrying tales of the Cheyenne people—a name rooted in the vast Great Plains yet sparkling with a touch of Latin alegría. It’s a rare gem, bestowed on just a handful of baby girls each year in the U.S., dancing between ranks around 800–950 since the ’90s, like a secret melody that only devoted ears can catch. Imagine a little soul who grows up with that name, her spirit as free as a mustang racing at dawn and her laughter echoing like maracas in a fiesta under open skies. There’s a poetic strength woven into every syllable of Cheyene—an invitation to adventure, a whisper of ancestral courage, and a promise of boundless possibility, all wrapped up in one luminous, unforgettable name.
How to pronounce Cheyene
English
- Pronounced shy-EN /ʃaɪˈən/
Popularity of Cheyene in the U.S.
Cheyene was last recorded in the U.S. in 2010, ranked #11,246 with 9 babies. It peaked at #2,328 in 1997. It first appears in the records in 1976.
- Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1976–2010 26 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 11,246 | ▼ 4,929 |
| 2009 | 21 | 6,317 | ▲ 5,282 |
| 2008 | 9 | 11,599 | ▼ 5,276 |
| 2007 | 21 | 6,323 | ▼ 1,370 |
| 2006 | 28 | 4,953 | ▲ 1,867 |
| 2005 | 17 | 6,820 | ▼ 2,113 |
| 2004 | 28 | 4,707 | ▼ 39 |
| 2003 | 27 | 4,668 | ▼ 690 |
| 2002 | 32 | 3,978 | ▼ 561 |
| 2001 | 39 | 3,417 | ▼ 13 |
| 2000 | 39 | 3,404 | ▼ 305 |
| 1999 | 42 | 3,099 | ▼ 638 |
| 1998 | 56 | 2,461 | ▼ 133 |
| 1997 | 57 | 2,328 | ▲ 123 |
| 1996 | 52 | 2,451 | ▲ 65 |
| 1995 | 50 | 2,516 | ▲ 111 |
| 1994 | 47 | 2,627 | ▲ 98 |
| 1993 | 44 | 2,725 | ▲ 1,141 |
| 1992 | 27 | 3,866 | ▼ 49 |
| 1991 | 27 | 3,817 | ▲ 2,018 |
| 1990 | 15 | 5,835 | ▲ 2,926 |
| 1989 | 8 | 8,761 | ▼ 1,650 |
| 1988 | 10 | 7,111 | ▲ 4,214 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,325 | ▼ 413 |
| 1986 | 5 | 10,912 | back (not recorded in 1977–1985) |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,284 | new |