Che — #6237 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Che

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,094 babies named Che between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Che currently holds the #6237 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 94 babies received it in a single year. Che is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 364 additional births since 1969.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Che performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 750 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Che shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 370 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Che in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Che in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,094 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.