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Chet

Chet: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“camp of soldiers”
Origin
English
Say it
CHET · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys

Usually a short form of Chester or Chetwin. Chester comes from Latin castra 'camp' via an English place-name and surname.

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How popular is Chet?

202421.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Chet in 202471

2024 rank#2,097 boys

Peak year1976

Total US babies since 18806,116

Chet is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Chet

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Chesterfortress, walled town · Latin
  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Hudsonson of Hudd · English
  • Jacksonson of Jack · English
  • Cartercart driver · English
  • Wyattbrave in war · English
  • Maverickindependent person · English
  • Masonstoneworker · English

Chet questions

What does the name Chet mean?

Chet means "camp of soldiers". It comes from English. Usually a short form of Chester or Chetwin. Chester comes from Latin castra 'camp' via an English place-name and surname.

Is Chet a boy or girl name?

Chet is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Chet?

71 US babies were named Chet in 2024. Its peak year was 1976.

How do you pronounce Chet?

Chet is usually pronounced CHET.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.