# Cheyenne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cheyenne/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “to speak incoherently”, “red”, “to speak” |
| Pronunciation | /ʃaɪˈæn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Chey |
| Variant spellings | Shyanne |
| US babies named this | 73,428 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,696 / 70,732 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,128, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena, from Dakota šaia (“to speak incoherently”), from Dakota ša (“red”) and Dakota ya (“to speak”).

## What it means

Cheyenne is grouped under red.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,159 | 274 |
| 2012 | 1,019 | 318 |
| 2013 | 983 | 330 |
| 2014 | 911 | 360 |
| 2015 | 952 | 346 |
| 2016 | 809 | 412 |
| 2017 | 741 | 429 |
| 2018 | 678 | 465 |
| 2019 | 632 | 496 |
| 2020 | 509 | 580 |
| 2021 | 451 | 660 |
| 2022 | 427 | 686 |
| 2023 | 358 | 787 |
| 2024 | 311 | 870 |
| 2025 | 285 | 920 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 17 | 5,289 |
| 2009 | 14 | 6,153 |
| 2010 | 16 | 5,524 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,603 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,276 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,233 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,827 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,154 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,541 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,005 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,260 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,853 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7,862 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,082 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,088 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 32 | 1,040 |
| 2011 | 23 | 1,327 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,210 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,834 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: շեյեն
- Finnish: cheyenne
- Russian: чейе́нн, шайе́нн
- Swedish: cheyenne

## People named Cheyenne

- Cheyenne Jackson, American actor and singer
- Cheyenne Kimball, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, mandolinist
- Cheyenne Parker, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Cheyenne Rosenthal, German luger
- Autumn Durald, American cinematographer
- Cara Fawn, American pornographic actress

## 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.