Fun Facts About the Name Cheyanne
- More than 15 thousand babies named Cheyanne: U.S. records list 15,422 babies given the name Cheyanne from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Cheyanne Mean?
Cheyanne is a spelling variant of Cheyenne, a feminine given name in English. Its established etymology goes back to a Dakota (Siouan) exonym, usually reconstructed as Šahíyena, a diminutive of Šahíya, the Dakota name for the Cree. The literal sense is therefore 'little Cree.'
The Cheyenne people's own name is Tsitsistas (also written Tsétsêhéstâhese), meaning 'those who are alike' or 'the people'; that autonym belongs to the Cheyenne language, an Algonquian language, and is not the source of Cheyanne. A popular explanation says the name means 'speakers of another language' or 'people of strange speech,' but that is a customary interpretation of the exonym rather than a secure literal translation.
Cheyanne Name History & Origins
Cheyanne is a modern English respelling of Cheyenne. The immediate source in English is the French form Cheyenne, which French traders and explorers in North America used for the Dakota exonym. English speakers then applied the name to the Cheyenne people and to places named for them, including Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the Cheyenne River.
As a given name, Cheyenne is a twentieth-century American feminine usage, and Cheyanne is one of its variant spellings. The change from -enne to -anne is a respelling rather than a separate etymology, so Cheyanne shares the parent name's origin and history.
How Popular is the Name Cheyanne?
Cheyanne recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1999. Its best rank was #308 in 1996.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,350 | 46 | 0.0029% |
| 2024 | #2,971 | 55 | 0.0034% |
| 2023 | #2,824 | 60 | 0.0037% |
| 2022 | #2,388 | 77 | 0.0047% |
| 2021 | #2,368 | 76 | 0.0046% |
| 2020 | #2,286 | 78 | 0.0048% |
| 2019 | #1,898 | 105 | 0.0063% |
| 2018 | #1,890 | 106 | 0.0062% |
| 2017 | #1,722 | 123 | 0.0071% |
| 2016 | #1,425 | 162 | 0.0091% |
| 2015 | #1,427 | 162 | 0.0091% |
| 2014 | #1,131 | 222 | 0.0124% |
| 2013 | #1,018 | 245 | 0.0140% |
| 2012 | #960 | 265 | 0.0151% |
| 2011 | #873 | 299 | 0.0170% |
| 2010 | #740 | 377 | 0.0212% |
| 2009 | #604 | 499 | 0.0272% |
| 2008 | #495 | 640 | 0.0338% |
| 2007 | #482 | 672 | 0.0350% |
| 2006 | #658 | 440 | 0.0231% |
| 2005 | #636 | 440 | 0.0238% |
| 2004 | #565 | 508 | 0.0277% |
| 2003 | #463 | 643 | 0.0352% |
| 2002 | #429 | 681 | 0.0379% |
| 2001 | #404 | 716 | 0.0398% |
| 2000 | #370 | 795 | 0.0438% |
| 1999 | #328 | 931 | 0.0525% |
| 1998 | #329 | 894 | 0.0506% |
| 1997 | #319 | 925 | 0.0531% |
| 1996 | #308 | 928 | 0.0529% |
| 1995 | #355 | 743 | 0.0423% |
| 1994 | #436 | 576 | 0.0323% |
| 1993 | #507 | 488 | 0.0270% |
| 1992 | #688 | 314 | 0.0170% |
| 1991 | #766 | 269 | 0.0143% |
| 1990 | #1,073 | 165 | 0.0087% |
| 1989 | #1,878 | 70 | 0.0038% |
| 1988 | #1,722 | 74 | 0.0042% |
| 1987 | #1,842 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 1986 | #2,200 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 1985 | #2,606 | 37 | 0.0022% |
| 1984 | #2,863 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1983 | #2,794 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 1982 | #2,260 | 44 | 0.0026% |
| 1981 | #2,123 | 48 | 0.0029% |
| 1980 | #2,612 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 1979 | #2,439 | 38 | 0.0024% |
| 1978 | #2,752 | 30 | 0.0020% |
| 1977 | #3,935 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1976 | #2,876 | 26 | 0.0018% |
| 1975 | #3,177 | 22 | 0.0015% |
| 1974 | #4,770 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1973 | #3,248 | 20 | 0.0014% |
| 1972 | #5,162 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #5,183 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #6,370 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #5,919 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #6,243 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1957 | #5,492 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #4,902 | 7 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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