Cheyenne

Girl name

Cheyenne has been given to 73,428 babies in the U.S. since 1946. It peaked in 1996 and currently ranks #920 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin /ʃaɪˈæn/

Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena, from Dakota šaia (“to speak incoherently”), from Dakota ša (“red”) and Dakota ya (“to speak”).

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

73,428

Peak year

1996 (4,975 babies)

Rank in 2025

#920 for girls

First recorded

1946

10-year trend

▼ -70%

Gender split

96% girls / 4% boys

Cheyenne Jackson

American actor and singer

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Cheyenne.

74,343 babies since 1912

75,915 babies since 1883

77,759 babies since 1905

67,045 babies since 1917

66,626 babies since 1951

64,583 babies since 1968

82,440 babies since 1965

82,650 babies since 1880

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