Boys' name · since 1957
Chett
381 babies named Chett in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,276 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,516 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 381
- born since 1957
- 2020s
- peak decade
381 babies have been named Chett since 1957, making it today's #6516 boys' name.
Chett has 381 recorded births among boys since 1957, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6516 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2025.
- #9,276 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,516 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 381 born since 1957
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chett ranks #9,276 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,516 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 381 born since 1957, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,276 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,516 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 381
- born since 1957
- 2020s
- peak decade
Chett's 381 recorded births place it above 79.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Chett compares
381 Top 50% higher than 50% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chett's all-time total is 3% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chett | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 381 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Chett's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chett's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Chett by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (87 births, 23% of the file).
2020s was Chett's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Chett births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 23
1960s
23 births
- 1970s
1970s
42 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s
2020s
87 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 87 births (23% of all-time use).
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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, 1957–2025 (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 Chett 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.