Cheri

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 1965 at #3,537
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1967 · 1,305 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
36,068
since 1925

Cheri over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #225, 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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2025#13,2086—
2024#10,2719—
2023#12,1977—
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2021#13,4646—
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2019#12,4487—
2018#12,4647—
2017#9,94310—
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2015#8,44713—
2014#8,96612—
2013#11,0009—
2012#9,71111—
2011#10,37410—
2010#9,23112—
2009#8,45414—
2008#8,52914—
2007#6,81219—
2006#7,86815—
2005#7,13816—
2004#7,39115—
2003#7,20715—
2002#6,69816—
2001#6,06718—
2000#4,18529—
1999#3,50935—
1998#3,57333—
1997#3,62631—
1996#3,02839—
1995#2,55249—
1994#2,29557—
1993#1,84178—
1992#1,537101—
1991#1,358120—
1990#1,219138—
1989#960181—
1988#880200—
1987#791222—
1986#624297—
1985#638292—
1984#557335—
1983#579309—
1982#540359—
1981#506395—
1980#476444—
1979#450454—
1978#411496—
1977#410499—
1976#362580—
1975#310733—
1974#297807—
1973#266936—
1972#265995—
1971#2651,084—
1970#2601,179—
1969#2551,148—
1968#2351,232—
1967#2251,305—
1966#2571,078—
1965#304876#3,5376
1964#2891,003—
1963#2571,167—
1962#2291,397—
1961#2391,314#3,6526
1960#2271,410—
1959#2371,336—
1958#2491,203—
1957#2571,112—
1956#2621,047—
1955#282933—
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1934#3,1598—
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First appearance
1925

The first year at least five girls were named Cheri! It came in at #4,028, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1926–1927, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Cheri is popular in 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedNHWashington: #384 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,473 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedMNIllinois: #689 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,911 girlsILWisconsin: #360 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,968 girlsWIMichigan: #496 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,348 girlsMINew York: #694 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 6,027 girlsNYMassachusetts: #450 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,900 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedRIOregon: #325 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,919 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedIAIndiana: #514 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,695 girlsINOhio: #754 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,493 girlsOHPennsylvania: #478 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,043 girlsPANew Jersey: #659 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,999 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #722 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 5,934 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedUTColorado: #349 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,183 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedNEMissouri: #530 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,486 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedWVVirginia: #687 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,747 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedDEArizona: #592 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,904 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #379 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,530 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #445 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,130 girlsOKLouisiana: #634 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,700 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cheri, so not publishedHITexas: #758 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 6,583 girlsTXFlorida: #706 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,039 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#325 · 1 in 1,919
  2. Colorado#349 · 1 in 2,183
  3. Wisconsin#360 · 1 in 2,968
  4. South Carolina#379 · 1 in 2,530
  5. Washington#384 · 1 in 2,473

Best ever in a state: #61 in Nevada, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#32581 in 1,919
Colorado#349101 in 2,183
Wisconsin#360101 in 2,968
South Carolina#37971 in 2,530
Washington#384111 in 2,473
Oklahoma#44561 in 3,130
Massachusetts#45091 in 3,900
Pennsylvania#478171 in 4,043
Michigan#496131 in 4,348
Indiana#51471 in 4,695
Missouri#53071 in 4,486
Arizona#59261 in 3,904
Louisiana#63461 in 4,700
New Jersey#65971 in 5,999
Virginia#68751 in 6,747
Illinois#689121 in 5,911
New York#694181 in 6,027
Florida#706111 in 6,039
California#722351 in 5,934
Ohio#75481 in 8,493
Texas#758201 in 6,583
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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 Cheri
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 2,937 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #13,208)
  • 4,761 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 232 spots in 1941 (#1,218 → #986)
  • Biggest drop: 259 spots in 1990 (#960 → #1,219)
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1925
  • Peaked 1967 at #225 (1,305 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 49 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1941–1989
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,265
  • Highest: 1 in 1,265 girls born in 1967 were named Cheri (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 33.1% of all girls named Cheri (11,930) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s21#3,164 (1928)#3,921
1930s181#1,345 (1936)#2,080
1940s3,081#287 (1947)#604
1950s9,087#237 (1959)#284
1960s11,930#225 (1967)#252
1970s7,763#260 (1970)#330
1980s3,034#476 (1980)#655
1990s681#1,219 (1990)#2,454
2000s171#4,185 (2000)#7,035
2010s91#8,447 (2015)#10,287
2020s28#10,271 (2024)#12,285

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.

Cheri in 1986

girls
#624
297 births · 1 in 5,776 girls

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #624Cheri297
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 5,776 of them was named Cheri, which outranked 95.1% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cheri
  1. #620Lana302
  2. #622Alyse300
  3. #622Joni300
  4. #624Cheri297
  5. #624Ashli297
  6. #624Janie297
  7. #624Loretta297
  8. #628Martina296
  9. #628Rhiannon296
  10. #630Paris295

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

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1986 →