Cheyenne — #871 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Cheyenne

The Social Security Administration has registered 70,439 babies named Cheyenne between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cheyenne currently holds the #871 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 4,866 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cheyenne performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 31,850 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Cheyenne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,247 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Cheyenne in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cheyenne 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 70,439 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.