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Cheyene

shy-EN /ʃaɪˈən/

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

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.

Bar and line chart: Cheyene in the U.S., 1976–2010. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 57 in 1997 and 9 in 2010. Line: rank among girl names, peak #2,328 in 1997, #11,246 in 2010.
  • Girls named Cheyene (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1976–2010. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1976⁠–⁠2010 26 rows
Cheyene: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2010911,246▼ 4,929
2009216,317▲ 5,282
2008911,599▼ 5,276
2007216,323▼ 1,370
2006284,953▲ 1,867
2005176,820▼ 2,113
2004284,707▼ 39
2003274,668▼ 690
2002323,978▼ 561
2001393,417▼ 13
2000393,404▼ 305
1999423,099▼ 638
1998562,461▼ 133
1997572,328▲ 123
1996522,451▲ 65
1995502,516▲ 111
1994472,627▲ 98
1993442,725▲ 1,141
1992273,866▼ 49
1991273,817▲ 2,018
1990155,835▲ 2,926
198988,761▼ 1,650
1988107,111▲ 4,214
1987511,325▼ 413
1986510,912back (not recorded in 1977–1985)
197659,284new