Boys' name · since 1992
Cheikh
Cheikh has 512 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,786 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,957 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 512
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
512 babies have been named Cheikh since 1992, making it today's #4957 boys' name.
Cheikh has 512 recorded births among boys since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4957 as of the latest data, more common than 64% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #7,786 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,957 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 512 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cheikh ranks #7,786 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,957 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 512 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,786 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,957 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 512
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cheikh's 512 recorded births place it above 82.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Cheikh compares
512 Top 44% higher than 56% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cheikh's all-time total is 39% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cheikh | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 512 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cheikh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cheikh's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cheikh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Cheikh by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (175 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Cheikh's strongest decade.
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Cheikh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 52
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
175 births
- 2010s
2010s
171 births
- 2020s
2020s
114 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 175 births (34% of all-time use).
How Cheikh compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Cheikh's total volume
Cheikh by state
Where Cheikh concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 103 | 20.1% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 11 | 2.1% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.0% |
103 of 512 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Cheikh's data
- Cheikh's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (175 total births) through the 2020s (114) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Cheikhs (103 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cheikh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1992–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cheikh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.