Girls' name · since 1994
Cheyan
Cheyan has 132 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 132
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cheyan sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 132 recorded since 1994.
Social Security Administration records show Cheyan recorded 132 times among girls since 1994, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2009.
- #24,090 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 132 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cheyan ranks #24,090 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 132 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 132
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cheyan's 132 recorded births place it above 66.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cheyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cheyan's full recorded timeline at 2001, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cheyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2009
- Peak year (2001)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Cheyan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (79 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Cheyan's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Cheyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 79 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cheyan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1994–2009 (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 Cheyan 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.