Cherita
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 46 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,051since 1948
Cherita over time
Rank among girls' names. Cherita 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.
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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
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| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 |
| 1984 | #2,470 | 38 |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 |
| 1980 | #2,154 | 47 |
| 1979 | #2,304 | 41 |
| 1978 | #2,191 | 42 |
| 1977 | #2,307 | 39 |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1975 | #1,935 | 46 |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 |
| 1972 | #2,057 | 38 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 |
| 1970 | #2,354 | 32 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 |
| 1967 | #2,632 | 22 |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 |
| 1962 | #2,741 | 20 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
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| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cherita! It came in at #3,883, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1951, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cherita is popular in 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#662 · 1 in 6,468
- Michigan#815 · 1 in 9,286
- Illinois#1,179 · 1 in 13,936
Best ever in a state: #437 in South Carolina, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #662 | 5 | 1 in 6,468 |
| Michigan | #815 | 6 | 1 in 9,286 |
| Illinois | #1,179 | 5 | 1 in 13,936 |
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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 Cherita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1975 at #1,935 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 31,693 girls born in 1975 were named Cherita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,390 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 34.1% of all girls named Cherita (358) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 14 | #3,883 (1948) | #4,278 |
| 1950s | 74 | #3,321 (1956) | #4,124 |
| 1960s | 219 | #2,204 (1965) | #2,751 |
| 1970s | 358 | #1,935 (1975) | #2,343 |
| 1980s | 329 | #2,154 (1980) | #3,033 |
| 1990s | 57 | #5,286 (1990) | #9,376 |
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.
Cherita in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 31,693 of them was named Cherita, which outranked 81.8% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,906Shawntel47
- #1,906Violeta47
- #1,906Xochitl47
- #1,935Cherita46
- #1,935Angelena46
- #1,935Annabelle46
- #1,935Arcelia46
- #1,963Alvina45
- #1,963Annabel45
- #1,963Arica45
Tied with 27 names at #1,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.