Cherish

#1,373 for girls in 2025, 160 births

Peak · girls
2007 · 461 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,352
since 1966

Cherish over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cherish has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #643, 2007girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,373160
2024#1,472148
2023#1,595131
2022#1,540139
2021#1,206199
2020#1,105221
2019#1,025251
2018#1,057242
2017#1,005258
2016#971277
2015#937289
2014#801350
2013#780348
2012#766360
2011#716386
2010#751369
2009#692422
2008#732407
2007#643461
2006#743371
2005#1,134206
2004#1,015232
2003#1,100200
2002#1,109189
2001#1,084196
2000#1,127181
1999#1,204159
1998#1,195155
1997#1,061179
1996#1,164156
1995#1,096162
1994#1,224143
1993#1,013183
1992#1,076168
1991#1,044175
1990#994184
1989#842223
1988#885199
1987#744243
1986#692263
1985#846192
1984#766210
1983#929160
1982#1,30896
1981#1,59673
1980#1,74963
1979#1,51777
1978#1,38684
1977#1,191103
1976#1,22592
1975#1,119104
1974#938132
1973#1,22686
1972#1,23685
1971#1,54663
1970#2,04340
1969#1,87144
1968#2,29628
1967#2,49224
1966#3,95911
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five girls were named Cherish! It came in at #3,959, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.

Where Cherish is popular in 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #593 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,176 girlsMNIllinois: #886 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,520 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedWIMichigan: #949 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,235 girlsMINew York: #1,139 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 10,282 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedINOhio: #935 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,435 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,150 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,242 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,095 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 9,983 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedNEMissouri: #720 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,106 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedARTennessee: #705 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,847 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #345 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,055 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedLAMississippi: #389 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,068 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedALGeorgia: #663 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,059 girlsGAHawaii: #255 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 947 girlsHITexas: #1,107 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 9,787 girlsTXFlorida: #1,018 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,308 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#255 · 1 in 947
  2. Oklahoma#345 · 1 in 2,055
  3. Mississippi#389 · 1 in 2,068
  4. Minnesota#593 · 1 in 5,176
  5. Georgia#663 · 1 in 5,059

Best ever in a state: #88 in Hawaii, 2009.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#25551 in 947
Oklahoma#34581 in 2,055
Mississippi#38961 in 2,068
Minnesota#59351 in 5,176
Georgia#66381 in 5,059
Tennessee#70551 in 5,847
Missouri#72051 in 6,106
Illinois#886101 in 7,520
Ohio#93571 in 9,435
Michigan#94961 in 9,235
Florida#1,01881 in 9,308
California#1,095251 in 9,983
Texas#1,107141 in 9,787
New York#1,139111 in 10,282
Pennsylvania#1,15051 in 13,242
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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 Cherish
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 99 spots since 2024 (#1,472 → #1,373)
  • 268 spots since 2020 (#1,105 → #1,373)
  • 436 spots since 2015 (#937 → #1,373)
  • Biggest jump: 391 spots in 2006 (#1,134 → #743)
  • Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1975 (#938 → #1,119)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 2007 at #643 (461 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 2006–2016
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,171
  • Highest: 1 in 4,171 girls born in 2007 were named Cherish (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,045 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 27.6% of all girls named Cherish (3,130) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s107#1,871 (1969)#2,655
1970s866#938 (1974)#1,343
1980s1,722#692 (1986)#1,036
1990s1,664#994 (1990)#1,107
2000s2,865#643 (2007)#938
2010s3,130#716 (2011)#881
2020s998#1,105 (2020)#1,382

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.

Cherish in 1993

girls
#1,013
183 births · 1 in 9,886 girls

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #1,013Cherish183
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 9,886 of them was named Cherish, which outranked 93.6% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cherish
  1. #1,006Joana184
  2. #1,006Mariam184
  3. #1,006Valentina184
  4. #1,013Cherish183
  5. #1,013Danika183
  6. #1,013Macie183
  7. #1,013Shaniece183
  8. #1,017Chandra182
  9. #1,017Chanelle182
  10. #1,017Chrystal182

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

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →