Girls' name · since 1951
Cerise
Cerise has 786 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1955 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,607 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 786
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
786 babies have been named Cerise since 1951, making it today's #6607 girls' name.
Cerise has 786 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6607 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2025.
- #8,846 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,607 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 786 born since 1951
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cerise ranks #8,846 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,607 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 786 born since 1951, peaking in the 1970s.
- #8,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,607 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 786
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cerise's 786 recorded births place it above 87.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Cerise compares
786 Top 36% higher than 64% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cerise's all-time total is 109% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cerise | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 786 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cerise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cerise's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1951, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1955 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cerise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025
- Peak year (1955)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Cerise by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (127 births, 16% of the file).
1970s was Cerise's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Cerise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
103 births
- 1960s
1960s
95 births
- 1970s
1970s
127 births
- 1980s
1980s
125 births
- 1990s
1990s
100 births
- 2000s
2000s
97 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 127 births (16% of all-time use).
How Cerise compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cerise's total volume
Cerise by state
Where Cerise concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 2.7% |
21 of 786 births nationwide.
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What to do with Cerise's data
- Cerise's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (127 total births) through the 2020s (73) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Cerises (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cerise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~74 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cerise draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.