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Chey

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

To speak incoherently, through Cheyenne

Chey has been given to 148 babies in the U.S. since 1974. 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 1993, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 51% boys, 49% girls all-time.

Babies named Chey, 2006

1 in 659,000

Chey over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Chey over time

In 2008, Chey went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19742008

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.

Chey: meaning, origin, and history

To speak incoherently, through Cheyenne

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chey means

Chey belongs to the name family reached through Chey → Cheyenne. Its meaning is “to speak incoherently”.

Origin, language, and formation

Chey is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cheyenne.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 76 boys were recorded with the name Chey between 1974 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1993; its best national rank was #5,338 in 1974.

In the United States, 72 girls were recorded with the name Chey between 1977 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1996; its best national rank was #8,272 in 1996.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Chey?

Chey had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006
1 in 659,000
6 of 3,956,166 births
Among boys only
1 in 343,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2006
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
457,035 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Chey 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 2006 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 457,035 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cheys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chey was born before 1991 — so the typical Chey is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
55.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
86.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
76
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Choose a decade

1990s — 55.3% of all recorded uses (42).

Is Chey 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
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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 1993 (9)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,338
1974

Spellings of Chey

Chey is not the most common spelling — Cody is, with 21.6% against Chey's <0.01%.

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.

Chey around the world

Where Chey 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
    1996–2022
    #4,790
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1981–2004
    #589
    in 2004

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Chey by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#5,338
1974
Peak year
1993
9 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2006
All-time count
76
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,272
1996
Peak year
1996
10 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2008
All-time count
72
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Chey

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

CherCheoChezCherifChezkyChedChenChettCheickCheeChevezCheaChengChevonChessCheronSheyCheneyChesCherryChetanCheskyCheikhChezkel

Sibling names for Chey

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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