Chet
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHET
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,183 for boys
Chet is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Roman fort”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 2,183rd for boys in the US (65 babies).
What does Chet mean?
English: short form of Chester
“Roman fort”
A short form of Chester, from Old English ceaster, 'Roman fort'; borne by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Chet a girl's or a boy's name?
Chet is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 65 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chet in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 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 UK were named Chet, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Chet of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Chet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Chet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,183among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 65 boys in the US were named Chet, making it the 2,183rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 1963, with 164 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the boys named Chet in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were given Chet or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,707, up from #2,183 for this spelling alone.
- Chet 65
- Chett 13
Chet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,183 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,098 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,220 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,551 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 45 | #2,688 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,620 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,563 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,003 |
| 2000 | 51 | #1,989 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,020 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,954 |
| 1997 | 45 | #1,988 |
| 1996 | 66 | #1,514 |
| 1995 | 64 | #1,486 |
| 1994 | 60 | #1,539 |
| 1993 | 75 | #1,308 |
| 1992 | 56 | #1,567 |
| 1991 | 85 | #1,196 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,247 |
| 1989 | 76 | #1,223 |
| 1988 | 83 | #1,090 |
| 1987 | 96 | #960 |
| 1986 | 84 | #1,007 |
| 1985 | 76 | #1,056 |
| 1984 | 88 | #938 |
| 1983 | 106 | #848 |
| 1982 | 102 | #884 |
| 1981 | 107 | #851 |
| 1980 | 106 | #859 |
| 1979 | 86 | #952 |
| 1978 | 130 | #741 |
| 1977 | 128 | #755 |
| 1976 | 140 | #700 |
| 1975 | 135 | #712 |
| 1974 | 117 | #749 |
| 1973 | 99 | #796 |
| 1972 | 102 | #792 |
| 1971 | 133 | #717 |
| 1970 | 158 | #651 |
| 1969 | 84 | #836 |
| 1968 | 90 | #779 |
| 1967 | 94 | #758 |
| 1966 | 113 | #696 |
| 1965 | 113 | #697 |
| 1964 | 144 | #647 |
| 1963 | 164 | #612 |
| 1962 | 154 | #624 |
| 1961 | 158 | #626 |
| 1960 | 118 | #717 |
| 1959 | 116 | #711 |
| 1958 | 116 | #694 |
| 1957 | 87 | #802 |
| 1956 | 80 | #832 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,021 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,226 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,426 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,642 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1946 | 34 | #1,195 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,269 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
Names like Chet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sonny Blake Frankie Cole Joey Kit Robin Reggie Myles Jude Eric Rory
Other spellings of Chet
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Chet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chet, updated 20 October 2026.