Cheyan — girls' name
132 babies named Cheyan in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
132 girls have been named Cheyan since 1994, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2009.
- 132
- total births
- 1994–2009
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Cheyan was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Cheyan in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cheyan
The Social Security Administration has registered 132 babies named Cheyan between 1994 and 2009, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cheyan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cheyan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cheyan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cheyan 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 132 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.
Cheyan at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cheyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1994
- Peak year (2001)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
132 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 13 births in a single year.
Cheyan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 79 births that decade — 60% of Cheyan's all-time total
Cheyan decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cheyan's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.