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Che

#7,769 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Hey!

Che has been given to 2,469 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #7,769 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1974, with 94 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Che, 2025

1 in 332,000

Che over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Che over time

In 2025, Che went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19682025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Che: meaning, origin, and history

Hey!

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Che means

Che means “hey!”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,105 boys were recorded with the name Che between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 94 in 1974; its best national rank was #833 in 1974.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,698 in 2020 to #7,769 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,744 in 2015 to #7,769 in 2025.

In the United States, 364 girls were recorded with the name Che between 1969 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1969; its best national rank was #3,113 in 1969.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Che?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,769
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Che sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Che. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ches were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Che was born before 1987 — so the typical Che is around 38 today.

Median birth year
1987
About 38 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
35.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
29.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,105
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1970s — 35.6% of all recorded uses (750).

Is Che rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,815
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,071
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,025
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.50×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.6%
Peak was 1974 (94)
Years since peak
51
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#833
1974

Where Che is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Che was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 124,125 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Maryland1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6Ohio1 in —
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Che has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Che is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Che was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,592,652 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Che has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Che around the world

Where Che ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1999–2023
    #728
    in 2023
  • Northern Ireland
    1997–2024
    #305
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2006–2017
    #710
    in 2017
  • Canada
    1992–2008
    #2,611
    in 2008
  • South Australia
    1971–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Che

People whose public names include Che, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Che by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,769
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,071
Best rank ever
#833
1974
Peak year
1974
94 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,105
Count in 2025
10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,113
1969
Peak year
1969
19 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
364
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Che

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ChetChevyChengChesleyChettCacheCheikhCheskyChetanCheeChestonCheskelCherylCheyneChenCheickChezCheoCherCheyenneCheyChevisKacheCherif

Names with a curve like Che

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Che, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Che

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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