Chere

Last seen for girls in 2000 at #10,745

Peak · girls
1954 · 49 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,347
since 1927

Chere over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Chere has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #1,436, 1954girls
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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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2000#10,7458
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1993#7,03812
1992#8,06510
1991#5,65916
1990#6,86712
1989#4,84818
1988#4,17221
1987#3,33127
1986#4,34718
1985#4,63516
1984#3,61322
1983#3,15126
1982#2,95930
1981#3,62522
1980#3,31825
1979#3,66821
1978#2,85928
1977#2,90927
1976#2,54631
1975#2,81126
1974#2,49730
1973#2,30933
1972#2,17335
1971#2,87424
1970#1,80449
1969#1,92742
1968#1,70847
1967#1,78342
1966#2,51923
1965#2,24728
1964#3,00018
1963#3,17616
1962#2,74120
1961#2,41125
1960#2,01332
1959#2,05430
1958#2,20926
1957#2,16826
1956#1,96830
1955#1,97829
1954#1,43649
1953#3,26912
1952#1,82030
1951#1,66533
1950#1,83527
1949#1,96724
1948#2,32918
1947#1,99324
1946#2,48215
1945#1,74323
1944#2,19916
1943#2,69512
1942#3,4448
1941#3,9546
1940#3,5037
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First appearance
1927

The first year at least five girls were named Chere! It came in at #4,805, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1927–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Chere is popular in 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #975 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 17,935 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedHITexas: #703 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,617 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Chere, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#703 · 1 in 8,617
  2. California#975 · 1 in 17,935

Best ever in a state: #466 in Maryland, 1976.

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See more about Chere
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1927
  • Peaked 1954 at #1,436 (49 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,902
  • Highest: 1 in 34,902 girls born in 1968 were named Chere (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 227,004 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,436 in 1954, was only 1 in 39,631 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 22.6% of all girls named Chere (304) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,805 (1927)#4,805
1930s12#3,450 (1938)#3,853
1940s153#1,743 (1945)#2,631
1950s292#1,436 (1954)#2,040
1960s293#1,708 (1968)#2,353
1970s304#1,804 (1970)#2,645
1980s225#2,959 (1982)#3,800
1990s55#5,659 (1991)#8,350
2000s8#10,745 (2000)#10,745

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.

Chere in 1954

girls
#1,436
49 births · 1 in 39,631 girls

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #1,436Chere49
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 39,631 of them was named Chere, which outranked 78.3% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chere
  1. #1,422Paul50
  2. #1,422Raylene50
  3. #1,422Wynona50
  4. #1,436Chere49
  5. #1,436Carin49
  6. #1,436Dorian49
  7. #1,436Garnet49
  8. #1,444Awilda48
  9. #1,444Dallas48
  10. #1,444Darcie48

Tied with 7 names at #1,436; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →