Chetan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chetan

The Social Security Administration has registered 478 babies named Chetan between 1972 and 2025, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chetan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chetan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Chetan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chetan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chetan 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 478 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.