girls:
70.1k births since 1946
#470 (92nd percentile)
boys:
2.7k births since 1949
#2432 (47th percentile)
overall:
72.8k births since 1946
#854 (89th percentile)
The name Cheyenne is the #854 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 72,805 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 89.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 89.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #470 (91.8% percentile) for all time with 70,116 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #2,432 (46.9% percentile) for all time with 2,689 births since 1949.
Cheyenne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for girls and 1949 for boys).
The name Cheyenne has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Cheyenne reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 92.2% percentile (ranked #68) with 2,495 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 2,538 births per million (ranked 92.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1999, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Cheyenne ranks #616 for girls (35.0% percentile) with 202 births per million, which is 8.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Cheyenne reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 15.0% percentile (ranked #646) with 57 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 61 births per million (ranked 14.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Cheyenne ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 5.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cheyenne".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Cheyenne. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.8% confident that Cheyenne is pronounced as shai-EHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAI-AN, at 28.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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