Cheyanne
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shy-AN
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #3,341 for girls
Cheyanne is a girls' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).
What does Cheyanne mean?
Native American: spelling of Cheyenne, via Dakota
From the name of the Cheyenne people, from a Dakota word usually explained as 'little Cree'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Cheyanne a girl's or a boy's name?
Cheyanne is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 46 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cheyanne in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 31 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cheyanne in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Cheyanne in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 31 | #901 |
| 2002 | 25 | #990 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 28 | #875 |
| 1999 | 30 | #819 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Cheyanne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,341st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Cheyanne, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,277th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 931 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Cheyanne than any year since 1985.
Half of all the girls named Cheyanne in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 103 girls in the US were given Cheyanne or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,660, up from #3,341 for this spelling alone.
Cheyanne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,341 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,976 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,364 |
| 2021 | 76 | #2,366 |
| 2020 | 78 | #2,277 |
| 2019 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2018 | 107 | #1,878 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,721 |
| 2016 | 162 | #1,425 |
| 2015 | 162 | #1,425 |
| 2014 | 223 | #1,128 |
| 2013 | 245 | #1,017 |
| 2012 | 265 | #958 |
| 2011 | 299 | #873 |
| 2010 | 377 | #739 |
| 2009 | 499 | #604 |
| 2008 | 640 | #495 |
| 2007 | 672 | #482 |
| 2006 | 440 | #657 |
| 2005 | 440 | #636 |
| 2004 | 508 | #564 |
| 2003 | 643 | #463 |
| 2002 | 681 | #429 |
| 2001 | 716 | #404 |
| 2000 | 795 | #370 |
| 1999 | 931 | #328 |
| 1998 | 894 | #329 |
| 1997 | 925 | #319 |
| 1996 | 928 | #308 |
| 1995 | 743 | #354 |
| 1994 | 576 | #436 |
| 1993 | 488 | #507 |
| 1992 | 314 | #688 |
| 1991 | 269 | #765 |
| 1990 | 165 | #1,070 |
| 1989 | 70 | #1,868 |
| 1988 | 74 | #1,720 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,837 |
| 1986 | 47 | #2,194 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,782 |
| 1982 | 44 | #2,250 |
| 1981 | 48 | #2,119 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 38 | #2,430 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,741 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,864 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
Names like Cheyanne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Chloe, Caoimhe, Zoe, Ellie, Brooke, Erin, Hannah, Maeve, Keira, Aoife, Celine
Other spellings of Cheyanne
Names related to Cheyanne
Cheyenne, Chinenye, Chyanne, Chynna, Cheyne, Cheyanna, Chyenne, Cayenne
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota
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, “Cheyanne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cheyanne, updated 20 October 2026.