Chet
Chet was the 2186th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 65 babies. Its best year was 1963, when it ranked 612th with 164 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 849 places. More babies were named Chet in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,186 boys, up 512 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 65boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1963164 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,180babies recorded
Chet popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,186 | 65 |
| 2020 | #2,698 | 46 |
| 2010 | #2,830 | 42 |
| 2000 | #1,995 | 51 |
| 1990 | #1,253 | 78 |
| 1980 | #862 | 106 |
| 1970 | #651 | 158 |
| 1960 | #718 | 118 |
| 1950 | #1,622 | 21 |
| 1940 | #2,349 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,064 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,541 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,633 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Chet, counting every spelling?
Chet is the most common spelling of a name family that had 78 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 78 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chet | 65 | #2,186 | 317 |
| Chett | 13 | #6,523 | 73 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Chet?
65 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chet (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Chet born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 129 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chet.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Chet?
About 5,200 people born in the US named Chet are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 29 and 59. That makes Chet mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Chet by state
How common Chet was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Chet: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chet, they share its era and feel.
Chet is also a nickname for Chester.
Questions about the name Chet
How popular is the name Chet?
Chet was the 2186th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 65 babies. Its best year was 1963, when it ranked 612th with 164 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 849 places. More babies were named Chet in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Chet a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Chet in the US.
Where is Chet most popular?
In 2021–2025, Chet was most common in Montana (0.34 per 1,000 boys), followed by Missouri and Iowa.