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Chet

Pronounced /t͡ʃɛt/

Rank in 2024
#2,108
Born in 2024
71
Peak year
1963 · #612
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 71 boys were named Chet, about 1 in every 24,159.
  • It peaked in 1963 with 164 babies, ranked #612.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1909.
  • 6,116 boys have been named Chet since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Chet per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 94 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 199 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,424 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,829 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,302 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 673 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 595 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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  • (countable) A diminutive of the male given name Chester.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/t͡ʃɛt/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Chet, CC BY-SA 4.0.