Chet
Chet is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 71 births. Its best rank was 612th, in 1963.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 710.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1963164 births
- Best rank
- #612in 1963
- Since 1909
- 6,116people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,116 boys have been named Chet in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1963, with 164 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1960s alone account for 20%. It has spent 30 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Chet | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 49 | |
| 1920s | 55 | |
| 1930s | 74 | |
| 1940s | 216 | |
| 1950s | 579 | |
| 1960s | 1,232 | |
| 1970s | 1,228 | |
| 1980s | 925 | |
| 1990s | 625 | |
| 2000s | 423 | |
| 2010s | 406 | |
| 2020s | 298 |
In 1963, its biggest year
Chet was the 612th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1963 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1963.
Names that rose and fell with Chet
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Joeypeak 1962
- Reinaldopeak 1963
- Cedricpeak 1982
- Reggiepeak 1979
- Lancepeak 1970
- Riccardopeak 1979
- Stoneypeak 1963
- Donnellpeak 1982
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.