Cheick — #12985 US boys' name
195 babies named Cheick in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Cheick was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Cheick in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cheick
The Social Security Administration has registered 195 babies named Cheick between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cheick currently holds the #12985 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cheick performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cheick shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cheick in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cheick 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 195 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.
Cheick at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cheick popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2014)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #12985 among boys.
195 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 13 births in a single year.
Cheick by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 79 births that decade — 41% of Cheick's all-time total
Cheick decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cheick's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Cheick by state
Where Cheick concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 23 | 11.8% |
23 of 195 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 11.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 11.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.