Cherie

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #6,238
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1967 · 958 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
29,969
since 1910

Cherie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cherie has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #274, 1967girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,36212
2024#6,93216
2023#9,61610
2022#10,3839
2021#7,25015
2020#8,40612
2019#6,41418
2018#6,79217
2017#9,34111
2016#8,87512
2015#6,23620
2014#8,05314
2013#7,37216
2012#6,57619
2011#6,14821
2010#5,97722
2009#4,93129
2008#4,76131
2007#6,09322
2006#8,23714
2005#6,24519
2004#4,49230
2003#4,80426
2002#3,33441
2001#3,86433
2000#3,98331
1999#2,73750
1998#2,46156
1997#2,55650
1996#2,12564
1995#2,15562
1994#1,545100
1993#1,271134
1992#1,099163
1991#1,106162
1990#868226
1989#852218
1988#671287
1987#597327
1986#572340
1985#537370
1984#537358
1983#549335#6,2385
1982#513392
1981#514383
1980#456467
1979#441467
1978#463424
1977#440465
1976#411493
1975#340648#5,4645
1974#335659
1973#307760
1972#298823
1971#310871
1970#2901,002
1969#284990
1968#292892
1967#274958#3,9665
1966#288871
1965#313826
1964#334817#3,6016
1963#309898
1962#324834
1961#384627
1960#374655
1959#377648
1958#348690
1957#328778
1956#293924#3,9425
1955#341628
1954#386495
1953#391477
1952#386453
1951#397425
1950#397412
1949#396404
1948#371451
1947#383433
1946#391379
1945#452249
1944#458245
1943#531202
1942#571167
1941#613132
1940#72991
1939#72489
1938#74786
1937#78875
1936#635109
1935#71588
1934#78174
1933#72182
1932#84667
1931#79772
1930#669105
1929#86168
1928#85472
1927#86373
1926#1,41432
1925#1,74824
1924#2,66113
1923#2,58713
1922#2,18617
1921#2,50914
1920#2,59013
1919#4,2516
1918#2,28915
1917#2,31614
1916
1915
1914#2,26510
1913#2,8276
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1910#2,3985
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five girls were named Cherie! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Cherie is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedNHWashington: #390 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,549 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #506 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,308 girlsMNIllinois: #525 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,939 girlsILWisconsin: #399 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,621 girlsWIMichigan: #480 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,111 girlsMINew York: #653 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,175 girlsNYMassachusetts: #280 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,977 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedSDIowa: #372 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,098 girlsIAIndiana: #538 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,971 girlsINOhio: #344 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,652 girlsOHPennsylvania: #449 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,883 girlsPANew Jersey: #343 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,134 girlsNJConnecticut: #349 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,365 girlsCTCalifornia: #475 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 2,949 girlsCAUtah: #364 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,166 girlsUTColorado: #492 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,459 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #297 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,916 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #221 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,180 girlsWVVirginia: #600 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,568 girlsVAMaryland: #401 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,608 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedDEArizona: #404 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,341 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedNMKansas: #319 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,919 girlsKSArkansas: #398 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,516 girlsARTennessee: #458 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,483 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #553 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,624 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #482 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,401 girlsOKLouisiana: #234 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,101 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedALGeorgia: #669 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,375 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cherie, so not publishedHITexas: #592 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 4,136 girlsTXFlorida: #446 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,935 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#221 · 1 in 1,180
  2. Louisiana#234 · 1 in 1,101
  3. Massachusetts#280 · 1 in 1,977
  4. Missouri#297 · 1 in 1,916
  5. Kansas#319 · 1 in 1,919

Best ever in a state: #83 in Hawaii, 1975.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#221101 in 1,180
Louisiana#234251 in 1,101
Massachusetts#280151 in 1,977
Missouri#297161 in 1,916
Kansas#31971 in 1,919
New Jersey#343171 in 2,134
Ohio#344261 in 2,652
Connecticut#34961 in 2,365
Utah#36471 in 2,166
Iowa#37261 in 3,098
Washington#39091 in 2,549
Arkansas#39851 in 2,516
Wisconsin#39981 in 3,621
Maryland#40171 in 2,608
Arizona#40471 in 2,341
Florida#446151 in 2,935
Pennsylvania#449171 in 3,883
Tennessee#45881 in 3,483
California#475521 in 2,949
Michigan#480141 in 4,111
Oklahoma#48251 in 3,401
Colorado#49251 in 3,459
Minnesota#50651 in 5,308
Illinois#525181 in 3,939
Indiana#53871 in 4,971
North Carolina#55371 in 4,624
Texas#592251 in 4,136
Virginia#60051 in 5,568
New York#653191 in 5,175
Georgia#66961 in 5,375
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Vermont
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Cherie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,430 spots since 2024 (#6,932#8,362)
  • 44 spots since 2020 (#8,406#8,362)
  • 2,126 spots since 2015 (#6,236#8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 551 spots in 1927 (#1,414#863)
  • Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1991 (#868#1,106)
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1967 at #274 (958 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1927–1990
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,704
  • Highest: 1 in 1,704 girls born in 1969 were named Cherie (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #274 in 1967, was only 1 in 1,723 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 27.9% of all girls named Cherie (8,368) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s56#2,265 (1914)#2,724
1920s339#854 (1928)#1,827
1930s847#635 (1936)#742
1940s2,753#371 (1948)#490
1950s5,930#293 (1956)#364
1960s8,368#274 (1967)#318
1970s6,612#290 (1970)#364
1980s3,477#456 (1980)#580
1990s1,067#868 (1990)#1,792
2000s276#3,334 (2002)#5,074
2010s170#5,977 (2010)#7,178
2020s74#6,932 (2024)#8,492

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cherie in 1978

girls
#463
424 births · 1 in 3,613 girls

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #463Cherie424
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 3,613 of them was named Cherie, which outranked 96.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cherie
  1. #460Alyson429
  2. #460Lena429
  3. #462Maricela425
  4. #463Cherie424
  5. #463Latanya424
  6. #465Deana423
  7. #465Yesenia423
  8. #467Katharine422

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 4,240Aja#4,652#412
  2. 1,987Kiley#2,606#619
  3. 1,951Kylee#2,838#887
  4. 1,785Winter#2,780#995
  5. 1,620Kylie#2,026#406
Fallers
  1. 913Shalon#868#1,781
  2. 760Farah#854#1,614
  3. 519Tennille#462#981
  4. 398Shawnte#740#1,138
  5. 362Farrah#177#539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978