Cher
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #5,187
Given to girls 94.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 235 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,721since 1948
Cher over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
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| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,499 | 69 | — | |
| 1975 | #994 | 123 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,124 | 103 | — | |
| 1973 | #760 | 178 | — | |
| 1972 | #651 | 235 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,093 | 110 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,430 | 72 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,975 | 37 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | — | |
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| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | — | |
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| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cher! It came in at #5,243, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1948–1949, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Cher is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wisconsin#517 · 1 in 6,182
- Louisiana#559 · 1 in 4,164
- Florida#717 · 1 in 6,823
- Ohio#833 · 1 in 11,953
- Pennsylvania#880 · 1 in 13,392
Best ever in a state: #327 in Utah, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #517 | 5 | 1 in 6,182 |
| Louisiana | #559 | 7 | 1 in 4,164 |
| Florida | #717 | 7 | 1 in 6,823 |
| Ohio | #833 | 7 | 1 in 11,953 |
| Pennsylvania | #880 | 6 | 1 in 13,392 |
| California | #1,277 | 9 | 1 in 16,489 |
| Texas | #1,298 | 6 | 1 in 17,309 |
| New York | #1,376 | 6 | 1 in 20,869 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Cher
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 442 spots in 1972 (#1,093 → #651)
- Biggest drop: 505 spots in 1976 (#994 → #1,499)
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1972 at #651 (235 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1972–1973
- Highest: 1 in 6,473 girls born in 1972 were named Cher (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 56.0% of all girls named Cher (964) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1996, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,243 (1948) | #5,243 |
| 1950s | 221 | #1,733 (1955) | #2,459 |
| 1960s | 234 | #1,751 (1967) | #2,834 |
| 1970s | 964 | #651 (1972) | #1,741 |
| 1980s | 157 | #3,215 (1980) | #4,931 |
| 1990s | 73 | #4,868 (1990) | #9,870 |
| 2000s | 30 | #7,158 (2000) | #10,273 |
| 2010s | 23 | #11,356 (2019) | #14,863 |
| 2020s | 14 | #11,090 (2020) | #12,284 |
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.
Cher in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 15,126 of them was named Cher, which outranked 88.7% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,084Lizette111
- #1,084Lyn111
- #1,084Melony111
- #1,093Cher110
- #1,093Crissy110
- #1,093Elva110
- #1,093Fannie110
- #1,098Celina109
- #1,098Charissa109
- #1,098Esperanza109
Tied with 4 names at #1,093; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.