Cheyann — girls' name
1,679 babies named Cheyann in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Cheyann was born in this single decade.
114 babies were named Cheyann in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cheyann
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,679 babies named Cheyann between 1980 and 2022, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cheyann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 114 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cheyann performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 730 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cheyann shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 86 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Cheyann in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cheyann 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 1,679 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.
Cheyann at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cheyann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1980
- Peak year (1999)
- 114
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
1,679 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 114 births in a single year.
Cheyann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 730 births that decade — 43% of Cheyann's all-time total
Cheyann decade highlights
- Peak decade 730 births
- Runner-up 628 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cheyann's strongest decade
730 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Cheyann by state
Where Cheyann concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 86 | 5.1% |
| #2 | California | | 80 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 79 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 59 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 34 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 31 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 20 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 18 | 1.1% |
86 of 1,679 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.1% of nationwide
- California 4.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.7% of nationwide
- Florida 3.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cheyann appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1980–2022 (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.