Cherokee
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 88.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1995 · 134 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,572since 1920
Cherokee over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,707 | 30 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #3,786 | 42 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,224 | 51 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #2,969 | 54 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #2,175 | 82 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #2,125 | 82 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #1,968 | 89 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #1,901 | 91 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #1,533 | 118 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #1,431 | 122 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #1,265 | 143 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #1,362 | 126 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #1,279 | 135 | #3,107 | 23 |
| 1995 | #1,261 | 134 | #2,055 | 40 |
| 1994 | #1,346 | 124 | #2,181 | 37 |
| 1993 | #1,640 | 92 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #1,688 | 89 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #2,136 | 62 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #2,850 | 40 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,658 | 42 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 34 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
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| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
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| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
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| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | — | |
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| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
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| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
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| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
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| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cherokee! It came in at #4,975, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Cherokee is popular in 2002
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kansas#416 · 1 in 1,922
- Oklahoma#443 · 1 in 2,076
- Ohio#656 · 1 in 4,850
- Texas#2,768 · 1 in 31,189
- California#2,908 · 1 in 37,121
Best ever in a state: #147 in Oklahoma, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #416 | 7 | 1 in 1,922 |
| Oklahoma | #443 | 8 | 1 in 2,076 |
| Ohio | #656 | 12 | 1 in 4,850 |
| Texas | #2,768 | 5 | 1 in 31,189 |
| California | #2,908 | 6 | 1 in 37,121 |
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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 Cherokee
- 5,241 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #13,208)
- 8,328 spots since 2020 (#4,880 → #13,208)
- 8,624 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #13,208)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1995 at #1,261 (134 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,356 girls born in 1998 were named Cherokee (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,261 in 1995, was only 1 in 13,123 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 41.5% of all girls named Cherokee (1,067) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | #4,975 (1920) | #4,992 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 15 | #4,622 (1942) | #5,036 |
| 1950s | 36 | #4,202 (1957) | #4,827 |
| 1960s | 21 | #4,723 (1969) | #5,794 |
| 1970s | 147 | #3,095 (1976) | #4,175 |
| 1980s | 199 | #2,658 (1989) | #4,508 |
| 1990s | 1,067 | #1,261 (1995) | #1,626 |
| 2000s | 674 | #1,533 (2000) | #2,915 |
| 2010s | 302 | #3,523 (2016) | #4,772 |
| 2020s | 101 | #4,833 (2021) | #7,640 |
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.
Cherokee in 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
Top boys' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 20,190 of them was named Cherokee, which outranked 89.1% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,955Spencer90
- #1,955Starla90
- #1,955Taylar90
- #1,968Cherokee89
- #1,968Alessia89
- #1,968Dezirae89
- #1,968Elvira89
- #1,984Anayeli88
- #1,984Asya88
- #1,984Aubrianna88
Tied with 15 names at #1,968; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 149,347 of them was named Cherokee, which outranked 56.8% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,131Zakee14
- #5,131Zian14
- #5,131Zyler14
- #5,395Cherokee13
- #5,395Aaden13
- #5,395Aaric13
- #5,395Abdalla13
- #5,725Aahil12
- #5,725Abdalrahman12
- #5,725Abdurahman12
Tied with 329 names at #5,395; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.