Chee
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Chee has been given to 534 babies in the U.S. since 1920. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1991, with 22 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% boys, 39% girls all-time.
Babies named Chee, 2001
1 in 468,000
Chee over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Chee over time
In 2001, Chee went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Chee?
Chee had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2001, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2001
- 1 in 468,000
- 8 of 3,742,181 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 243,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2001
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 324,236 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Chee sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2001 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 324,236 children born in 2001 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chee. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Chees were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Chee was born before 1988 — so the typical Chee is around 37 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 42.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 69.5%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 236
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 42.5% of all recorded uses (138).
Is Chee 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
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1991 (22)
- Years since peak
- 34
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 33.6% average annual change
Spellings of Chee
Chee is not the most common spelling — Chad is, with 23.2% against Chee's 0.03%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Chee is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Chee was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 247,754 across all states with data. It was least common in Minnesota (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Arizona1 in 100,000
- 2New Mexico1 in 100,000
- 3Wisconsin1 in 100,000
- 4California1 in —
- 5Minnesota1 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. Chee has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Chee is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Chee was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 499,696 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Minnesota1 in —
- 3New 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. Chee has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Chee around the world
Where Chee 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.
- Scotland1978–1978#302in 1978
- South Australia1975–1994#531in 1994
Popularity data from National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Chee by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Chee
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Chee
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.