Cheyenne Girl
How popular is Cheyenne?
#920 girl name in 2025
285 baby girls were named Cheyenne in the US in 2025, making it the 920th most popular girl name.
Cheyenne popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #920 for girls (▼ 50 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 285 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-70% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #346 in 2015, #579 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1996 (4,866 girls) |
| Highest rank | #68 in 1996 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cheyenne counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cheyenne family of names ranked #759 for girls in 2025 (#729 the year before), with 337 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cheyenne is most popular
Babies named Cheyenne per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Idaho: 0.5 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.5 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Arizona: 0.5 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.4 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.4 per 1,000 (95 girls)
Cheyenne by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 42 | #2,619 |
| 1950s | 135 | #2,452 |
| 1960s | 83 | #2,916 |
| 1970s | 825 | #1,009 |
| 1980s | 2,289 | #585 |
| 1990s | 31,849 | #68 |
| 2000s | 23,910 | #99 |
| 2010s | 9,258 | #229 |
| 2020s | 2,341 | #579 |
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Questions
- Is Cheyenne a boy or girl name?
- Cheyenne is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Cheyenne were girls.
- How popular is the name Cheyenne?
- 285 baby girls were named Cheyenne in the US in 2025, making it the 920th most popular girl name.
- When was Cheyenne most popular?
- Cheyenne peaked in 1996, when 4,866 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #68, held for 2 years starting in 1996.
- How many people are named Cheyenne?
- 73,428 babies have been named Cheyenne in the US since 1880. We estimate about 72,312 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Cheyenne most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cheyenne was most common in Idaho, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.