Cherry
#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births · Last seen for boys in 1981 at #6,262
Given to girls 98.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 343 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,580since 1880
Cherry over time
Rank among girls' names. Cherry has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | #3,577 | 42 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,777 | 40 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,595 | 43 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,425 | 46 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,156 | 35 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,915 | 39 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,581 | 29 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,983 | 31 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,648 | 32 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,569 | 31 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,302 | 34 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,189 | 60 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,345 | 53 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,527 | 45 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,032 | 58 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,918 | 59 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,638 | 72 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,710 | 67 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,397 | 83 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,644 | 67 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,374 | 89 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,475 | 82 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #1,216 | 108 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,245 | 103 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,212 | 103 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,034 | 128 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,122 | 106 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,026 | 117 | — | |
| 1974 | #984 | 124 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #897 | 139 | — | |
| 1972 | #885 | 143 | — | |
| 1971 | #868 | 155 | — | |
| 1970 | #856 | 157 | — | |
| 1969 | #845 | 150 | — | |
| 1968 | #846 | 145 | — | |
| 1967 | #743 | 174 | — | |
| 1966 | #960 | 112 | — | |
| 1965 | #840 | 140 | — | |
| 1964 | #780 | 175 | — | |
| 1963 | #819 | 161 | — | |
| 1962 | #820 | 163 | — | |
| 1961 | #774 | 184 | — | |
| 1960 | #684 | 222 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #677 | 218 | — | |
| 1958 | #650 | 231 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #555 | 299 | — | |
| 1956 | #537 | 302 | — | |
| 1955 | #577 | 250 | — | |
| 1954 | #549 | 261 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #527 | 265 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #485 | 300 | — | |
| 1951 | #502 | 268 | — | |
| 1950 | #522 | 246 | — | |
| 1949 | #470 | 292 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #429 | 343 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #434 | 354 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #435 | 317 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #491 | 219 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #514 | 197 | — | |
| 1943 | #624 | 147 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #624 | 144 | — | |
| 1941 | #735 | 93 | — | |
| 1940 | #659 | 112 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #727 | 87 | — | |
| 1938 | #717 | 91 | — | |
| 1937 | #752 | 81 | — | |
| 1936 | #853 | 63 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #701 | 92 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #689 | 94 | — | |
| 1933 | #745 | 78 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #667 | 102 | — | |
| 1931 | #784 | 74 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #786 | 80 | — | |
| 1929 | #804 | 77 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #888 | 68 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,000 | 58 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,032 | 52 | — | |
| 1925 | #861 | 75 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #970 | 62 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #1,174 | 43 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,190 | 42 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,017 | 54 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,349 | 34 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #1,325 | 34 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,102 | 44 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #1,261 | 33 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #1,094 | 38 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 | — | |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 | — | |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | — | |
| 1896 | #843 | 15 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 | — | |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cherry was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cherry is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#274 · 1 in 1,969
- Florida#336 · 1 in 2,471
- Arkansas#349 · 1 in 2,731
- Virginia#363 · 1 in 4,121
- Mississippi#371 · 1 in 3,230
Best ever in a state: #222 in Georgia, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #274 | 15 | 1 in 1,969 |
| Florida | #336 | 6 | 1 in 2,471 |
| Arkansas | #349 | 7 | 1 in 2,731 |
| Virginia | #363 | 6 | 1 in 4,121 |
| Mississippi | #371 | 7 | 1 in 3,230 |
| Georgia | #458 | 6 | 1 in 5,293 |
| Louisiana | #474 | 5 | 1 in 4,680 |
| Texas | #507 | 14 | 1 in 4,293 |
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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 Cherry
- 1,092 spots since 2024 (#4,669 → #3,577)
- 876 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #3,577)
- 18 spots since 2015 (#3,595 → #3,577)
- Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1890 (#1,279 → #872)
- Biggest drop: 758 spots in 1905 (#938 → #1,696)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1948 at #429 (343 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1927–1974
- Highest: 1 in 4,950 girls born in 1948 were named Cherry (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,268 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.8% of all girls named Cherry (2,640) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 52 | #695 (1885) | #886 |
| 1890s | 108 | #826 (1893) | #969 |
| 1900s | 107 | #938 (1904) | #1,213 |
| 1910s | 263 | #1,030 (1910) | #1,274 |
| 1920s | 565 | #804 (1929) | #1,029 |
| 1930s | 842 | #667 (1932) | #742 |
| 1940s | 2,218 | #429 (1948) | #542 |
| 1950s | 2,640 | #485 (1952) | #558 |
| 1960s | 1,626 | #684 (1960) | #811 |
| 1970s | 1,275 | #856 (1970) | #1,013 |
| 1980s | 730 | #1,216 (1980) | #1,693 |
| 1990s | 387 | #2,189 (1991) | #3,253 |
| 2000s | 263 | #3,983 (2000) | #5,147 |
| 2010s | 333 | #3,425 (2014) | #4,474 |
| 2020s | 171 | #3,577 (2025) | #4,799 |
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.
Cherry in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 10,210 of them was named Cherry, which outranked 86.9% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 231,834 of them was named Cherry, which outranked 12.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 478 names at #3,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.