girls:
115 births since 1980
#5601 (2nd percentile)
boys:
909 births since 1971
#3681 (20th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1971
#6715 (13th percentile)
The name Cheyne is the #6,715 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,024 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 13.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,681 (19.7% percentile) for all time with 909 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,601 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 115 births since 1980.
Cheyne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Cheyne is available in 38 out of the 47 years between 1971 and 2017 (38 years for boys and 16 years for girls). 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 Cheyne has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2017, 100.0% of babies named Cheyne were boys.
For boys, Cheyne reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 9.6% percentile (ranked #616) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 38 births per million (ranked 9.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.
For girls, Cheyne reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #897) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cheyne".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cheyne. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.5% confident that Cheyne is pronounced as shayn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is chayn, at 39.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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