Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chet

#1,523 most common boys' name of all time · #3,708 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1909–2025

Rank among boys
#1,523
Rank overall
#3,708 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
6,180
Since 2016
538
Peak year
1963 #612
Best rank
#612 1963
Girls Boys peak 164/yr
192019401960198020002020

Chet first appears in 1909. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 65 65 #2,187
2024 — 71 71 #2,104
2023 — 64 64 #2,225
2022 — 66 66 #2,195
2021 — 51 51 #2,554
2020 — 46 46 #2,698
2019 — 43 43 #2,857
2018 — 50 50 #2,550
2017 — 37 37 #3,134
2016 — 45 45 #2,696
2015 — 38 38 #3,032
2014 — 46 46 #2,629
2013 — 38 38 #2,963
2012 — 30 30 #3,539
2011 — 37 37 #3,055
2010 — 42 42 #2,833
2009 — 24 24 #4,171
2008 — 36 36 #3,174
2007 — 46 46 #2,650
2006 — 33 33 #3,236
2005 — 43 43 #2,577
2004 — 51 51 #2,250
2003 — 45 45 #2,353
2002 — 41 41 #2,436
2001 — 53 53 #2,010
2000 — 51 51 #1,997
1999 — 47 47 #2,031
1998 — 49 49 #1,970
1997 — 45 45 #2,000
1996 — 66 66 #1,521
1995 — 64 64 #1,494
1994 — 60 60 #1,546
1993 — 75 75 #1,314
1992 — 56 56 #1,580
1991 — 85 85 #1,203
1990 — 78 78 #1,253
1989 — 76 76 #1,229
1988 — 83 83 #1,093
1987 — 96 96 #962
1986 — 84 84 #1,013
1985 — 76 76 #1,060
1984 — 88 88 #938
1983 — 106 106 #850
1982 — 102 102 #888
1981 — 107 107 #855
1980 — 106 106 #865
1979 — 86 86 #954
1978 — 130 130 #744
1977 — 128 128 #757
1976 — 140 140 #703
1975 — 135 135 #715
1974 — 117 117 #751
1973 — 99 99 #798
1972 — 102 102 #794
1971 — 133 133 #717
1970 — 158 158 #652
1969 — 84 84 #837
1968 — 90 90 #783
1967 — 94 94 #759
1966 — 113 113 #696
1965 — 113 113 #701
1964 — 144 144 #648
1963 — 164 164 #612
1962 — 154 154 #625
1961 — 158 158 #629
1960 — 118 118 #719
1959 — 116 116 #714
1958 — 116 116 #698
1957 — 87 87 #808
1956 — 80 80 #838
1955 — 54 54 #1,029
1954 — 37 37 #1,238
1953 — 28 28 #1,449
1952 — 19 19 #1,780
1951 — 21 21 #1,667
1950 — 21 21 #1,643
1949 — 26 26 #1,453
1948 — 21 21 #1,637
1947 — 26 26 #1,477
1946 — 34 34 #1,211
1945 — 27 27 #1,290
1944 — 19 19 #1,609
1943 — 25 25 #1,420
1942 — 14 14 #2,007
1941 — 14 14 #1,956
1940 — 10 10 #2,413
1939 — 11 11 #2,226
1938 — 9 9 #2,559
1937 — 8 8 #2,780
1936 — 7 7 #2,961
1935 — 14 14 #1,987
1932 — 11 11 #2,396
1931 — 6 6 #3,502
1930 — 8 8 #3,126
1929 — 7 7 #3,335
1928 — 9 9 #2,946
1926 — 9 9 #2,995
1925 — 7 7 #3,507
1924 — 5 5 #4,482
1923 — 6 6 #3,938
1922 — 5 5 #4,438
1920 — 7 7 #3,577
1919 — 7 7 #3,492
1918 — 7 7 #3,464
1917 — 10 10 #2,648
1915 — 8 8 #2,919
1914 — 7 7 #2,749
1912 — 5 5 #2,691
1910 — 5 5 #1,787
1909 — 6 6 #1,430