MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chet mean?
Chet is related to the vocabulary of awareness and remembering in Hindi and Punjabi. Its Sanskrit background lies in cit, the root for perceiving or knowing.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चेत
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chet in Indian usage
15,819 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 274 records (1.7%).
- Recorded as male: 15,545 records (98.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 767 |
| 1940s | 1,861 |
| 1950s | 2,927 |
| 1960s | 3,713 |
| 1970s | 3,428 |
| 1980s | 2,190 |
| 1990s | 748 |
| Other decades | 185 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,566 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,857 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,144 |
| Haryana | 1,965 |
| Punjab | 1,469 |
| Rajasthan | 1,114 |
| Delhi | 860 |
| Bihar | 310 |
| Uttarakhand | 193 |
| Jharkhand | 161 |
| Other states | 180 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Chet / M | 5 | 3,684 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Chet; Table_6, C3805 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Chet; Table_6, C3805
- Monier-Williams, cit, p. 395,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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