Chere
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #10,745
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 49 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,347since 1927
Chere over time
Rank among girls' names. Chere has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
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| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 |
| 1973 | #2,309 | 33 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #1,804 | 49 |
| 1969 | #1,927 | 42 |
| 1968 | #1,708 | 47 |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #2,741 | 20 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 |
| 1954 | #1,436 | 49 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
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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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#1,535 · 1 in 22,168
Best ever in a state: #466 in Maryland, 1976.
Show every state
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| New York | #1,535 | 5 | 1 in 22,168 |
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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 Chere
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 1954 at #1,436 (49 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 22.6% of all girls named Chere (304) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1920s | 5 | #4,805 (1927) | #4,805 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,450 (1938) | #3,853 |
| 1940s | 153 | #1,743 (1945) | #2,631 |
| 1950s | 292 | #1,436 (1954) | #2,040 |
| 1960s | 293 | #1,708 (1968) | #2,353 |
| 1970s | 304 | #1,804 (1970) | #2,645 |
| 1980s | 225 | #2,959 (1982) | #3,800 |
| 1990s | 55 | #5,659 (1991) | #8,350 |
| 2000s | 8 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 43,464 of them was named Chere, which outranked 77.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,135Valeri36
- #2,135Vida36
- #2,135Yessenia36
- #2,173Chere35
- #2,173Alishia35
- #2,173Ayesha35
- #2,173Candyce35
- #2,222Alba34
- #2,222Alida34
- #2,222Allegra34
Tied with 48 names at #2,173; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.