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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #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 1992

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,260 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,547 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedMINew York: #1,734 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 19,352 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: #1,145 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,589 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,166 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 11,165 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: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedMOKentucky: #531 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,197 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedVAMaryland: #695 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,374 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedDEArizona: #616 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,741 girlsAZNew 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: #551 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,250 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #686 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,691 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #445 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,633 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedALGeorgia: #618 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,588 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cherish, so not publishedHITexas: #1,723 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 19,654 girlsTXFlorida: #879 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,508 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#445 · 1 in 2,633
  2. Kentucky#531 · 1 in 4,197
  3. Tennessee#551 · 1 in 4,250
  4. Arizona#616 · 1 in 3,741
  5. Georgia#618 · 1 in 4,588

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#44591 in 2,633
Kentucky#53151 in 4,197
Tennessee#55171 in 4,250
Arizona#61671 in 3,741
Georgia#61891 in 4,588
North Carolina#68671 in 5,691
Maryland#69551 in 5,374
Florida#879101 in 7,508
Ohio#1,14551 in 13,589
California#1,166231 in 11,165
Illinois#1,26061 in 12,547
Texas#1,72371 in 19,654
New York#1,73461 in 19,352
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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 1992

girls
#1,076
168 births · 1 in 10,976 girls

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #1,076Cherish168
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 10,976 of them was named Cherish, which outranked 93.1% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cherish
  1. #1,072Keshia169
  2. #1,072Reba169
  3. #1,072Stella169
  4. #1,076Cherish168
  5. #1,076Angelia168
  6. #1,076Juliet168
  7. #1,076Lia168
  8. #1,082Christal167
  9. #1,082Kayli167
  10. #1,082Maddison167

Tied with 5 names at #1,076; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →