Cheick
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHEK
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Cheick is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “elder, chief”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Cheick mean?
Arabic: spelling of Cheikh; French spelling of sheikh, common in Senegal
“elder, chief”
French spelling of the Arabic title sheikh; Cheikh Anta Diop was a noted Senegalese historian.
Meaning borrowed from Cheikh.
Is Cheick a girl's or a boy's name?
Cheick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cheick in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Cheick, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Cheick in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cheick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
Names like Cheick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jax Cairo Jett Crew Colson Callum Beck Gael Cohen Creed Hudson Hayes
Names related to Cheick
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cheick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cheick, updated 20 October 2026.