Chet is a boy's name of English origin meaning “fortress or camp.” In 2024 it was given to 71 boys in the United States.
Chet belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “fortress or camp” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Chet first appears in Social Security records in 1909. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #612 in 1963, and in 2024 71 babies received the name — 6,116 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Chet means “fortress or camp” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Chet is a boy name. In 2024, 71 babies received the name in the US.
Chet comes from the English & American tradition.
Chet first appears in US records in 1909. Its best-ever ranking was #612 in 1963, and 71 babies were given the name in 2024.
Chet is pronounced /t͡ʃɛt/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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