Chet — #2097 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Chet

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,116 babies named Chet between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chet currently holds the #2097 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 164 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chet performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,232 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Chet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 394 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Chet in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chet 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 6,116 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.