Cheyne is a rare variant of Chyna that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Cheyne is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2017. Cheyne first appears in 1971 and peaked in 1980 (70 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,025 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,542 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,477 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,039 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,616 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,130 |
| 2007 | 19 | 19 | #18,212 | #5,962 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,866 |
| 2005 | 16 | 16 | #13,311 | #7,742 |
| 2004 | 17 | 17 | #16,646 | #6,201 |
| 2003 | 31 | 31 | #7,292 | #4,853 |
| 2002 | 21 | 21 | — | #3,933 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,511 |
| 2000 | 25 | 25 | #9,309 | #4,817 |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 20 | 20 | — | #3,611 |
| 1997 | 43 | — | #9,170 | #2,405 |
| 1996 | 23 | — | #9,757 | #4,210 |
| 1995 | 27 | — | #12,082 | #3,207 |
| 1994 | 41 | — | #13,857 | #2,228 |
| 1993 | 34 | — | #10,829 | #2,644 |
| 1992 | 39 | — | #13,702 | #2,221 |
| 1991 | 38 | — | #13,564 | #2,192 |
| 1990 | 67 | — | — | #1,362 |
| 1989 | 33 | — | — | #2,109 |
| 1988 | 34 | — | — | #1,911 |
| 1987 | 50 | — | #11,632 | #1,568 |
| 1986 | 42 | — | — | #1,567 |
| 1985 | 38 | — | — | #1,647 |
| 1984 | 40 | — | — | #1,534 |
| 1983 | 51 | — | #10,563 | #1,381 |
| 1982 | 64 | — | #8,384 | #1,230 |
| 1981 | 24 | — | — | #2,145 |
| 1980 | 81 | — | #5,984 | #1,080 |
| 1979 | 16 | — | — | #2,795 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | — | #5,988 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #5,744 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | — | #4,472 |