Cheyenne

What Cheyenne means

Means “to speak incoherently”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Cheyenne” (revision 92358409), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Cheyenne?

US: Falling: down from #346 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2496 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1996, when 4,866 girls got the name (#68 that year). First in the US records in 1946.

How common

• About 1 in 5,640 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 63,320 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in OR (0.54 per 1,000 girls), OK (0.41 per 1,000 girls), UT (0.41 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Cheyenne is #920 in the US and #4867 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Cheyenne were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Cheyanne46 US
• Cheyann6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Cheyenne

Girls

• Brianna#222Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #82 in 2015, #222 in 2025
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*
• Hannah#56“grace, gracious, graced with child”^*
• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025
• Julia#131Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2001, with 8,838 babies; 2,172 in 2025
• Alexandra#237“to defend + man”^*

For a brother

• Jacob#43“May He Heel”^*
• Austin#113“majestic”^*
• Christian#96Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 16,059 babies; 3,641 in 2025
• Alex#232Short form of Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Tyler#219“tiler”^*
• Antonio#176Same root as Anthony, meaning “flower”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Cheyenne’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.