Girls' name · since 1978
Cheyenna
Cheyenna has 715 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,387 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 715
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cheyenna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 715 have been recorded since 1978.
Cheyenna has 715 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2014.
- #9,387 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 715 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cheyenna ranks #9,387 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 715 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,387 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 715
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cheyenna's 715 recorded births place it above 87.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
Cheyenna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cheyenna's full recorded timeline at 1996, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 62 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cheyenna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2014
- Peak year (1996)
- 62
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Cheyenna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (377 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Cheyenna's strongest decade.
377 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Cheyenna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 85
1980s
85 births
- 1990s
1990s
377 births
- 2000s
2000s
215 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 377 births (53% of all-time use).
How Cheyenna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cheyenna's total volume
Cheyenna by state
Where Cheyenna concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 22 | 3.1% |
| #2 | California | | 17 | 2.4% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.7% |
22 of 715 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Cheyenna's data
- Cheyenna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (377 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Cheyennas (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cheyenna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
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, 1978–2014 (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 Cheyenna 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.