Cherri

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558

Peak · girls
1961 · 197 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,146
since 1940

Cherri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cherri has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #739, 1961girls
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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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2014#14,5586
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2011#14,8246
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2009#17,2945
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2007#17,6365
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2002#11,1088
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2000#9,16310
1999#12,6886
1998#14,1225
1997#9,0179
1996#9,5818
1995#6,64113
1994#8,12210
1993#6,62213
1992#5,26718
1991#4,80820
1990#6,13114
1989#3,89325
1988#3,58526
1987#3,42426
1986#2,38442
1985#2,54538
1984#3,06928
1983#2,39839
1982#2,32742
1981#2,34242
1980#2,44039
1979#1,99851
1978#1,76558
1977#1,66163
1976#1,58563
1975#1,29186
1974#1,26885
1973#1,21188
1972#1,28979
1971#1,118105
1970#1,108106
1969#1,003116
1968#939121
1967#905128
1966#887128
1965#908123
1964#881139
1963#964121
1962#859151
1961#739197
1960#743188
1959#815158
1958#771169
1957#834148
1956#850136
1955#953107
1954#916110
1953#1,05085
1952#1,01785
1951#1,05777
1950#1,28551
1949#1,27851
1948#1,03173
1947#1,12763
1946#1,20851
1945#1,99318
1944#1,43332
1943#3,4938
1942#2,41614
1941#3,9546
1940#4,3495
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First appearance
1940

The first year at least five girls were named Cherri! It came in at #4,349, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Cherri is popular in 1940

No state had 5 or more girls named Cherri in 1940, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Cherri
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
  • Biggest jump: 134 spots in 1954 (#1,050 → #916)
  • Biggest drop: 120 spots in 1962 (#739 → #859)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1940
  • Peaked 1961 at #739 (197 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1954–1968
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,246
  • Highest: 1 in 10,246 girls born in 1961 were named Cherri (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 297,726 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 34.1% of all girls named Cherri (1,412) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s321#1,031 (1948)#2,228
1950s1,126#771 (1958)#955
1960s1,412#739 (1961)#883
1970s784#1,108 (1970)#1,429
1980s347#2,327 (1982)#2,841
1990s116#4,808 (1991)#8,300
2000s28#9,163 (2000)#13,800
2010s12#14,558 (2014)#14,691

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.

Cherri in 1940

girls
#4,349
5 births · 1 in 228,706 girls

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #4,349Cherri5
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 228,706 of them was named Cherri, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cherri
  1. #3,863Zilpha6
  2. #3,863Zoila6
  3. #3,863Zorina6
  4. #4,349Cherri5
  5. #4,349Abelina5
  6. #4,349Adair5
  7. #4,349Adel5

Tied with 679 names at #4,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,494Scarlett#3,429 → #935
  2. ↑ 1,465Lonna#2,206 → #741
  3. ↑ 834Pam#1,797 → #963
  4. ↑ 659Jody#1,638 → #979
  5. ↑ 633Laraine#1,474 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Fredia#996 → #1,477
  2. ↓ 430Eleanora#974 → #1,404
  3. ↓ 375Danielle#811 → #1,186
  4. ↓ 342Eloisa#930 → #1,272
  5. ↓ 298Coral#996 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1940 →