Chery

Last seen for girls in 1990 at #12,958

Peak · girls
1957 · 37 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
567
since 1945

Chery over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Chery has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #1,784, 1957girls
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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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1990#12,9585
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1980#6,7899
1979#6,18910
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1977#4,94213
1976#7,2967
1975#6,4848
1974#4,22714
1973#5,5809
1972#4,52312
1971#4,31113
1970#5,06110
1969#2,84422
1968#3,05718
1967#3,48414
1966#3,14816
1965#3,05017
1964#3,24416
1963#2,61922
1962#3,16116
1961#2,47424
1960#2,01332
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1958#2,11728
1957#1,78437
1956#2,38922
1955#2,47220
1954#2,51919
1953#2,92114
1952#4,4837
1951#2,81014
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1946#3,9947
1945#3,3888
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First appearance
1945

The first year at least five girls were named Chery! It came in at #3,388, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1950, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Chery is popular in 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedWIMichigan: #872 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,024 girlsMINew York: #1,221 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 33,885 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedINOhio: #951 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,217 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Chery, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#872 · 1 in 19,024
  2. Ohio#951 · 1 in 22,217
  3. New York#1,221 · 1 in 33,885

Best ever in a state: #872 in Michigan, 1957.

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Michigan#87251 in 19,024
Ohio#95151 in 22,217
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See more about Chery
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1957 at #1,784 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 5 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 54,688
  • Highest: 1 in 54,688 girls born in 1959 were named Chery (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 379,709 girls born in 1990 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,784 in 1957, was only 1 in 55,266 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 34.9% of all girls named Chery (198) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s48#2,769 (1947)#3,472
1950s198#1,784 (1957)#2,591
1960s197#2,013 (1960)#2,909
1970s96#4,227 (1974)#5,401
1980s23#6,789 (1980)#8,090
1990s5#12,958 (1990)#12,958

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.

Chery in 1957

girls
#1,784
37 births · 1 in 55,266 girls

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #1,784Chery37
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 55,266 of them was named Chery, which outranked 74.6% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chery
  1. #1,754Sueann38
  2. #1,754Tammara38
  3. #1,754Vivien38
  4. #1,784Chery37
  5. #1,784Belen37
  6. #1,784Cathlene37
  7. #1,784Cindra37
  8. #1,808Alida36
  9. #1,808Blenda36
  10. #1,808Cammie36

Tied with 23 names at #1,784; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1957 →