How rare is the name Chet?

5,555 people in the United States have the first name Chet, about 1 in 54,371. It ranks #3,664 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CHET

#3,664

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,555
About
1 in 54,371
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,555 people named Chet, 83.5% reported their origin as White, 5% as Black and 4.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Chet peaked in 1963, when 164 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19092025
Peak year
1963
Births that year
164
In 2025*
65 ▼60%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,180 babies have been given the name since 1909. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Chet by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,617. The largest share of babies named Chet, 29.6%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1900s#4,6306
1910s#5,90549
1920s#7,22255
1930s#5,52274
1940s#3,235216
1950s#2,226579
1960s#1,6171,232
1970s#1,7571,228
1980s#2,284924
1990s#3,668625
2000s#6,017423
2010s#6,496406
2020s#4,916363
Greatest Generation 1901–271.5%
Silent Generation 1928–453.2%
Baby boom 1946–6423%
Generation X 1965–8029.6%
Millennials 1981–9621.1%
Generation Z 1997–1210.9%
2013 and later10.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Chet is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chet has been most common in Utah (11×), Louisiana (3.8×), and California (1.8×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.6×).

2,205 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Chet

1 other first name also has 5,555 people.

#3,664 Dorene · 5,555

Either side of Chet

#3,661 Neveah · 5,567#3,663 Lorelai · 5,565#3,664 Dorene · 5,555#3,666 Chiara · 5,552

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chet, most common first.

#22,738 Chit · 435#26,708 Chat · 347#26,708 Chett · 347#45,829 Ched · 147

Also a last name

As a last name, Chet ranks #101,718 of 156,621, with 189 people. See Chet as a last name

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