Chene
Chene was last recorded in 1996, when 6 babies were given it; 75 Americans have been recorded with it between 1971 and 1996 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Chene by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Chene?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #11,783, in 1991; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
11 babies in 1990, the peak
Chene peaked in 1990, when 11 girls were given it, #7,395 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | under 5 | 6 | #8,105 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 5 | #8,919 | |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,783 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,395 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,102 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,448 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,319 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,429 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,659 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,465 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (12)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 6 | #8,729 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,527 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Chene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 75 Americans recorded as Chene, 85% are girls and 15% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Chene: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Chene, and how old are they?
An estimated 72 Americans named Chene and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 183 people named Chene (114 women and girls, 69 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 73 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.5 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Chene rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 3,583 babies since 1880, Chene is the eighth most given (2.1% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Chene
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1970-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Cameo | 1,719 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Chene and names like it
- Compare Chene and ChenoaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sChene peaked in 1990.
- Michigan’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Chene since 1910.
- The top names of 1990The year the most babies were named Chene.
- Names starting with CMost given first.