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Cheyenne vs Mia

How Cheyenne and Mia compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

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Cheyenne

Female · French

Meaning: An Algonquian Tribe Of The Great Plains. Capital City Of Wyoming.

Mia

Female · Latin

Meaning: Mine

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Cheyenne (girls) vs Mia (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Cheyenne Mia
Peak year (most US births) 1996 — 4,866 girls 2015 — 14,939 girls
Peak rank #68 #6
Most recent rank (2025) #920 (285 births) #6 (11,078 births)
Total US births since 1880 60,632 280,686
Last 10 years (2016–2025) 5,194 121,307

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Mia reached 14,939 US births in 2015 — 10,073 more than Cheyenne's peak count.

Crossover Years

Years where one name first passed the other in annual US births. A name "winning" in a year means it had more births that year, not necessarily a higher rank.

Year New leader Cheyenne births Mia births
2000 Mia 3,367 3,451

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name list.

Cheyenne — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 New Mexico #277 29
2 West Virginia #302 17
3 Idaho #355 23
4 Mississippi #359 44
5 Kentucky #380 108

Mia — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 New Mexico #2 775
2 California #3 19,952
3 New Jersey #3 3,970
4 Nevada #3 1,236
5 Texas #4 14,721

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →