Cheyne
Mostly boys
Cheyne is a name, meaning “oak”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cheyne mean?
“oak”
A male given name of rare usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cheyne a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Cheyne has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys.
How popular is Cheyne in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1980, with 70 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Cheyne in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 14% of the babies named Cheyne in the US in 1980, and 48% in 2003.
Cheyne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 33 | #2,184 |
| 1990 | 67 | #1,356 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 45 | #1,561 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,564 |
| 1985 | 38 | #1,643 |
| 1984 | 40 | #1,530 |
| 1983 | 46 | #1,374 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,228 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 70 | #1,079 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
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