Cheyann
Cheyann was the 13557th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1999, when it ranked 1504th with 114 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 8,232 places. More babies were named Cheyann in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Cheyenne) the Cheyenne people (via Dakota) · Dakota, French
- Rank in 2025
- #13,557 girls, up 248 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1999114 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,685babies recorded
What does the name Cheyann mean?
Cheyann is a spelling of Cheyenne, pronounced the same way, so it shares Cheyenne's meaning and origin.
Cheyenne is the name of a Native American people of the Great Plains, borrowed through French from Dakota šahíyena. Wiktionary explains the Dakota word as built on šaia, to speak incoherently or unintelligibly, from ša, red, and ya, to speak, so it was the Dakota name for people who spoke a different language. Cheyenne is also the capital of Wyoming. As a girls' name it has been used in the US since 1946.
šahíyena (Dakota, “Cheyenne people”)šaia (Dakota, “to speak incoherently”)
How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary only; the exoname's literal sense is from Wiktionary's analysis.
Related names: Shyanne, Cheyanne, Shayenne.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Cheyenne' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Cheyann popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,557 | 6 |
| 2020 | #13,805 | 6 |
| 2010 | #3,835 | 40 |
| 2000 | #2,147 | 75 |
| 1990 | #6,187 | 14 |
| 1980 | #8,312 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
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| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Cheyann, counting every spelling?
Cheyann is a spelling of Cheyenne, a name family that ranked #807 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #13,557 for Cheyann on its own. Together these spellings went to 337 girls in 2025.
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 Cheyann?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cheyann (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Cheyann 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 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cheyann.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cheyann?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Cheyann are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 19 and 29. That makes Cheyann mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Cheyann by state
How common Cheyann was among girls born in each state in 1997–2001, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (1.9×). In 38 states fewer than five girls 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 Cheyann: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cheyann, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Cheyann
What does Cheyann mean?
Cheyann is a spelling of Cheyenne, which means “the Cheyenne people (via Dakota)” (Dakota, French origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Cheyann?
Cheyann was the 13557th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1999, when it ranked 1504th with 114 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 8,232 places. More babies were named Cheyann in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Cheyann a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Cheyann in the US.
Where was Cheyann most popular?
In 1997–2001, Cheyann was most common in Ohio (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by Indiana and Missouri.