Boys' name · since 1972
Cheo
Cheo has 113 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,587 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 113
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
113 boys have been named Cheo since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cheo has 113 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2021.
- #16,587 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 113 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cheo ranks #16,587 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 113 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #16,587 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 113
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cheo's 113 recorded births place it above 63.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cheo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cheo's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cheo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2021
- Peak year (1974)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Cheo by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (60 births, 53% of the file).
1970s was Cheo's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Cheo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 60 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cheo's data
- Cheo's decade-level peak was the 1970s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cheo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1972–2021 (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 Cheo 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.