Cheyenne

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cheyenne: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cheyenne: Recorded every year since 1995, it reached #63 in 1998, and it stood at #4,056 in 2023.

4registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#63highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#368
1997	#520
1998	#414
1999	#379
2000	#342
2001	#364
2002	#455
2003	#508
2004	#521
2005	#530
2006	#606
2007	#774
2008	#899
2009	#1083
2010	#1040
2011	#1327
2012	#1210
2013	#1537
2014	#1562
2015	#2496
2016	#1834
2017	#2201
2018	#1887
2019	#3151
2020	#2843
2021	#4634
2022	#3533
2023	#4056

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2023.

In 2017: #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2201 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1995–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1995
First recorded at #75 among girls in New Zealand in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Girls
Highest recorded1995–2000
Highest recorded position: #63 among girls in New Zealand, in 1998 (recorded 1995–2000).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4056 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Cheyenne appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 28 ranked years and 1,113 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Girls, from 1995.

Cheyenne across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cheyenne's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#368 (1996)	#342 (2000)	#4056 (2023)	28 of 28	1,113 (1996–2023)	98 (2000)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#534 (1996)	#380 (1998)	#873 (2017)	10 of 22	42 (1996–2017)	6 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#348 (2000)	#284 (2003)	#440 (2013)	4 of 14	13 (2000–2013)	4 (2003)
New Zealand · Girls	#75 (1995)	#63 (1998)	#91 (2000)	6 of 6	345 (1995–2000)	68 (1998)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#2337 (1997)	#2419 (1998)	3 of 3	11 (1996–1998)	4 (1997)

Cheyenne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cheyenne in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	301	4 of 10	75
2000sbusiest	608	10 of 10	61
2010s	181	10 of 10	18
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 61 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births fell by 40, from 91 to 51.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cheyenne appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1995 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #63 in New Zealand in 1998.

Cheyenne's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1537	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1210	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1327	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1040	32	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1083	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#899	36	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#774	42	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#606	55	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#530	64	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#521	62	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#508	63	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#455	69	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#364	90	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#342	98	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#379	85	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#414	74	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#520	51	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#368	91	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#91	50	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#68	67	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#63	68	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	female	#91	51	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#100	48	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#75	61	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1995 and 2023, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #63, first reached in 1998.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 6 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 98 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 5 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Chiamaka · #559, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dexter · #63, 29y
Farrah · #63, 31y
Myla · #63, 24y
Romy · #63, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Dexter · #63, 29y
Indiana · #63, 30y
Romy · #63, 32y
Lykke · #64, 27y

Cheyenne was ranked #63 in New Zealand · Girls in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cheyenne and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cheyenne without appearing here.

Cheyenne moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1083 and #958 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1040 and #1520.
Shauna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #3970.
Jacqueline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #439 and #279 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #511 and #677.
Geraldine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #907 and #768 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #747 and #894.

Moved ahead of Cheyenne

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1286.
Hayden Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2341.
Yvonne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2341.
Diane Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2499.

Moved the opposite way to Cheyenne

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cheyenne went from #368 to #4056 while Ada went from #2683 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cheyenne went from #368 to #4056 while Alma went from #2096 to #228.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cheyenne went from #368 to #4056 while Alyssa went from #783 to #241.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cheyenne went from #368 to #4056 while Amalie went from #2096 to #865.

Moved the same way as Cheyenne

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cheyenne went from #368 to #4056 and Abigail from #21 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cheyenne went from #368 to #4056 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cheyenne went from #368 to #4056 and Aisling from #440 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cheyenne went from #368 to #4056 and Alex from #161 to #2504.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1995 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #63 in New Zealand in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Cheyenne

Cheyenne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cheyenne across 5 official records

Cheyenne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cheyenne appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Cheyenne at a glance

Cheyenne across 5 official records

Cheyenne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cheyenne appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Cheyenne and the names beside it

Cheyenne moved ahead of

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