Name meaning & stats
Chet
Chet means “fortress, Roman camp”. 5,996 US babies since 1940, peak 1963.
What it means
“fortress, Roman camp”
Pet form of Chester
In US birth records
Peak year: 1963
5,996 US babies were named Chet between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Chet (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 94% of the family
- Chet 94%
- Chett 6%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1963)