Boys' name · since 1972
Chetan
Chetan has 478 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 478
- total births
- 1972–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 26%
- born in that decade
Chetan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 478 have been recorded since 1972.
Chetan has 478 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 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- 478 total births
- 1972–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 26% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Chetan's 478 recorded births place it above 82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Chetan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chetan splits its recorded history at 2002: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chetan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Chetan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Chetan's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Chetan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
50 births
- 1980s
1980s
92 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2000s
2000s
115 births
- 2010s
2010s
123 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 123 births (26% of all-time use).
Chetan by state
Where Chetan concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.3% |
6 of 478 births nationwide.
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- Chetan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (123 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Chetans (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1972–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Chetan: Baby Name Since 1972 - 478 Births, Peak 2012." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/chetan. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Chetan 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 July 2026.