Cherity

Peak · girls
1972 · 19 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
230
since 1970

Cherity over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cherity has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,276, 1972girls
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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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2013#14,5826
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2000#10,7458
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1996#11,8076
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1994#13,4305
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1992#10,4797
1991#9,3368
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1988#11,7985
1987#7,3539
1986#8,5237
1985#7,5638
1984#9,1446
1983#10,2755
1982#8,2247
1981#8,1287
1980#9,0956
1979#5,75111
1978#6,9488
1977#5,88810
1976#4,61413
1975#4,14115
1974#3,86316
1973#3,97115
1972#3,27619
1971#7,3886
1970#7,0706
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Cherity! It came in at #7,070, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1988–1990, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Cherity is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Cherity in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Cherity
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1972 at #3,276 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 6 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 80,065
  • Highest: 1 in 80,065 girls born in 1972 were named Cherity (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 292,458 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 51.7% of all girls named Cherity (119) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s119#3,276 (1972)#5,291
1980s60#7,353 (1987)#8,900
1990s26#9,336 (1991)#11,263
2000s14#10,745 (2000)#13,118
2010s11#14,582 (2013)#15,787

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.

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