Che

maleStatistical record

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

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

Che: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #167 in 2009, and it stood at #305 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
73times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#167highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2015

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1666
1998	#1979
2001	#3998
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2004	#2802
2005	#3382
2006	#5061
2008	#5545
2010	#4688
2012	#5876
2015	#5730

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 boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #305 among boys in Northern Ireland, #2443 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #654 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #167 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Che appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 952 births with the name.

Che across 4 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.

Che'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 · Boys	#654 (1996)	#503 (2001)	#2443 (2024)	29 of 29	952 (1996–2024)	59 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#227 (1997)	#167 (2009)	#305 (2024)	26 of 28	190 (1997–2024)	15 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#1666 (1997)	#1666 (1997)	#5730 (2015)	12 of 19	56 (1997–2015)	10 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#493 (2006)	#493 (2006)	#710 (2017)	6 of 12	21 (2006–2017)	4 (2006)

Che by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Che in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	112	4 of 10	28
2000sbusiest	438	10 of 10	44
2010s	329	10 of 10	33
2020s	73	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 44 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2016 and 2017, when recorded births fell by 31, from 59 to 28.

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

Che 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #167 in Northern Ireland in 2009.

Che'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1366	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#952	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1097	25	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#608	59	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#950	31	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#671	48	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#744	40	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#576	57	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#640	48	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#631	46	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#560	52	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#535	50	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#655	37	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#599	37	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#509	42	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#503	40	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#624	29	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#603	29	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#538	35	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#678	24	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#654	24	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#305	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#249	8	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#231	8	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#169	14	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#204	10	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#237	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#237	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#273	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#245	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#167	15	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#187	12	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#238	6	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#231	6	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#182	9	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#218	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#244	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#227	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #167, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 59 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 10 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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Chelsea · #19, 39y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Eesa · #167, 29y
Fionntan · #167, 28y
Isac · #167, 30y
Elli · #165, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Eesa · #167, 29y
Isac · #167, 30y
Allie · #168, 30y
Kobe · #166, 29y

Che was ranked #167 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2009. 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.

Che 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 Che without appearing here.

Che moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5545 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5061 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #5707.
Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1366 and #2018.

Moved ahead of Che

Ezra Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #2969.
Kristine Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #2969.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1979 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.
Mila Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1979 and #2701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.

Moved the opposite way to Che

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Che went from #654 to #2443 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Che went from #654 to #2443 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Che went from #654 to #2443 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Che went from #654 to #2443 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Che

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Che went from #654 to #2443 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Che went from #654 to #2443 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Che went from #654 to #2443 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Che went from #654 to #2443 and Alexander from #14 to #36.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #167 in Northern Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Che across 4 official records

Che by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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