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How popular is the name Che?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ches are alive today.
Che (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2440th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 59 babies were given the name, the 608th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2006, with 52 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2016; the 2025 figure is roughly 15% of its peak. Che is one spelling of a name also recorded as Chay; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Che include Joe.
Across all spellings of the name, the Che you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old - or else around 10: the name has two living generations. Half of all Ches born in England and Wales are between 15 and 30, and there are at least 1,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Che - on average, only one in every 160 such rooms contains a Che.
How many babies are named Che each year?
Includes all spellings: Che, Chay. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Che spelling rank?
Where does the Chay spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Che most popular?
Che peaked in 1998, when 79 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Che?
At least 1,900 people named Che in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Che?
Most living Ches are between 15 and 30; the most common age is about 28. There is a second cluster around 10.
Is Che becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak.