# Chet (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chet/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /t͡ʃɛt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,180 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,180 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 3,058 |
| 2012 | 30 | 3,548 |
| 2013 | 38 | 2,964 |
| 2014 | 46 | 2,630 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,035 |
| 2016 | 45 | 2,692 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,136 |
| 2018 | 50 | 2,554 |
| 2019 | 43 | 2,865 |
| 2020 | 46 | 2,698 |
| 2021 | 51 | 2,557 |
| 2022 | 66 | 2,194 |
| 2023 | 64 | 2,227 |
| 2024 | 71 | 2,101 |
| 2025 | 65 | 2,186 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Chet

- Chet Atkins, American guitarist (1924–2001)
- Chet Holmgren, American basketball player (born 2002)
- Chet Culver, American football player and politician
- Chet Walker, American basketball player (1940–2024)
- Chet Huntley, American broadcaster (1911–1974)
- Chet Anekwe, Director and actor
- Chet Brandenburg, film actor (1897-1974)
- Chet Edwards, American politician in Texas (born 1951)
- Chet Allen, American opera singer (1939-1984)
- Jon Dough, American pornographic actor (1962–2006)

## 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.