Chet is an uncommon variant of Chad that peaked in 1963 and has grown less common since.
Chet is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,186 for boy births in the United States (and #4,690 across all names), given to 65 babies. Chet first appears in 1909 and peaked in 1963 (164 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | 65 | #2,186 |
| 2024 | 71 | 71 | #2,101 |
| 2023 | 64 | 64 | #2,227 |
| 2022 | 66 | 66 | #2,194 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | #2,557 |
| 2020 | 46 | 46 | #2,698 |
| 2019 | 43 | 43 | #2,865 |
| 2018 | 50 | 50 | #2,554 |
| 2017 | 37 | 37 | #3,136 |
| 2016 | 45 | 45 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 38 | 38 | #3,035 |
| 2014 | 46 | 46 | #2,630 |
| 2013 | 38 | 38 | #2,964 |
| 2012 | 30 | 30 | #3,548 |
| 2011 | 37 | 37 | #3,058 |
| 2010 | 42 | 42 | #2,830 |
| 2009 | 24 | 24 | #4,182 |
| 2008 | 36 | 36 | #3,169 |
| 2007 | 46 | 46 | #2,649 |
| 2006 | 33 | 33 | #3,233 |
| 2005 | 43 | 43 | #2,576 |
| 2004 | 51 | 51 | #2,247 |
| 2003 | 45 | 45 | #2,359 |
| 2002 | 41 | 41 | #2,433 |
| 2001 | 53 | 53 | #2,009 |
| 2000 | 51 | 51 | #1,995 |
| 1999 | 47 | 47 | #2,032 |
| 1998 | 49 | 49 | #1,962 |
| 1997 | 45 | — | #1,996 |
| 1996 | 66 | — | #1,520 |
| 1995 | 64 | — | #1,494 |
| 1994 | 60 | — | #1,547 |
| 1993 | 75 | — | #1,314 |
| 1992 | 56 | — | #1,576 |
| 1991 | 85 | — | #1,204 |
| 1990 | 78 | — | #1,253 |
| 1989 | 76 | — | #1,228 |
| 1988 | 83 | — | #1,092 |
| 1987 | 96 | — | #963 |
| 1986 | 84 | — | #1,010 |
| 1985 | 76 | — | #1,057 |
| 1984 | 88 | — | #940 |
| 1983 | 106 | — | #848 |
| 1982 | 102 | — | #885 |
| 1981 | 107 | — | #852 |
| 1980 | 106 | — | #862 |
| 1979 | 86 | — | #954 |
| 1978 | 130 | — | #742 |
| 1977 | 128 | — | #756 |
| 1976 | 140 | — | #703 |
| 1975 | 135 | — | #714 |
| 1974 | 117 | — | #750 |
| 1973 | 99 | — | #796 |
| 1972 | 102 | — | #792 |
| 1971 | 133 | — | #717 |
| 1970 | 158 | — | #651 |
| 1969 | 84 | — | #836 |
| 1968 | 90 | — | #780 |
| 1967 | 94 | — | #758 |
| 1966 | 113 | — | #696 |
| 1965 | 113 | — | #699 |
| 1964 | 144 | — | #647 |
| 1963 | 164 | — | #612 |
| 1962 | 154 | — | #625 |
| 1961 | 158 | — | #628 |
| 1960 | 118 | — | #718 |
| 1959 | 116 | — | #713 |
| 1958 | 116 | — | #696 |
| 1957 | 87 | — | #806 |
| 1956 | 80 | — | #836 |
| 1955 | 54 | — | #1,025 |
| 1954 | 37 | — | #1,228 |
| 1953 | 28 | — | #1,432 |
| 1952 | 19 | — | #1,757 |
| 1951 | 21 | — | #1,651 |
| 1950 | 21 | — | #1,622 |
| 1949 | 26 | — | #1,440 |
| 1948 | 21 | — | #1,616 |
| 1947 | 26 | — | #1,454 |
| 1946 | 34 | — | #1,198 |
| 1945 | 27 | — | #1,272 |
| 1944 | 19 | — | #1,584 |
| 1943 | 25 | — | #1,405 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | #1,961 |
| 1941 | 14 | — | #1,921 |
| 1940 | 10 | — | #2,349 |
| 1939 | 11 | — | #2,185 |
| 1938 | 9 | — | #2,510 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | #2,712 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #2,908 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | #1,945 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | #2,343 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #3,448 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,064 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | #3,283 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | #2,884 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | #2,950 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #3,465 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #4,460 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #3,889 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #4,412 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #3,541 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #3,461 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,424 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #2,579 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | #2,863 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,693 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #2,614 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #1,633 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,301 |