# Che (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/che/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,469 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,105 / 364 (15% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,017, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 14 | 5,894 |
| 1990 | 12 | 6,947 |
| 1991 | 10 | 8,082 |
| 1992 | 11 | 7,618 |
| 1993 | 9 | 8,866 |
| 1995 | 5 | 13,841 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10,800 |
| 1997 | 8 | 9,980 |
| 1999 | 7 | 11,617 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15,514 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15,940 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,273 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11,834 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,023 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,334 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 4,249 |
| 2012 | 30 | 3,547 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,677 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,564 |
| 2015 | 20 | 4,746 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,834 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,570 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,089 |
| 2019 | 22 | 4,508 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,702 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,808 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,055 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,066 |
| 2024 | 15 | 5,959 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,773 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 10 | 1,666 |
| 1998 | 8 | 1,979 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 671 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 31 | 950 |
| 2016 | 59 | 608 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 30 | 952 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,431 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,366 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Che

- Chang Cheh, Chinese film director, screenwriter and songwriter (1923-2002)
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.