girls:
209 births since 1976
#5507 (4th percentile)
boys:
124 births since 1970
#4462 (3rd percentile)
overall:
333 births since 1970
#7406 (4th percentile)
The name Cheney is the #7,406 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 333 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 4.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,507 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 209 births since 1976. For boys, it ranks #4,462 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 124 births since 1970.
Cheney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for boys and 1976 for girls). Birth data for Cheney is available in 33 out of the 50 years between 1970 and 2019 (25 years for girls and 19 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cheney has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (62.8% of all recorded births). In 2019, 0.0% of babies named Cheney were girls.
For girls, Cheney reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #881) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
For boys, Cheney reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #753) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cheney".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Cheney", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 13 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Chaney" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Chaney..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Cheney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.7% confident that Cheney is pronounced as CHAY-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHEE-nee, at 12.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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