Sheyenne
Girl · shy-EN · Native American
Sheyenne is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “people of alien speech”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sheyenne mean?
Native American: respelling of Cheyenne, from the Dakota name for the Cheyenne people
“people of alien speech”
A respelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Plains Indian nation and of the capital of Wyoming.
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Is Sheyenne a girl's or a boy's name?
Sheyenne is a girls' name.
How popular is Sheyenne in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 103 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Sheyenne in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sheyenne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,915 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,457 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,553 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,183 |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,260 |
| 2001 | 63 | #2,457 |
| 2000 | 74 | #2,154 |
| 1999 | 103 | #1,619 |
| 1998 | 103 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 103 | #1,560 |
| 1996 | 98 | #1,581 |
| 1995 | 92 | #1,610 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,967 |
| 1993 | 45 | #2,671 |
| 1992 | 44 | #2,728 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,153 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
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