Girls' name · since 1968
Cherae
Cherae has 183 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 183
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
183 girls have been named Cherae since 1968, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Cherae recorded 183 times among girls since 1968, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1999.
- #20,709 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 183 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherae ranks #20,709 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 183 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 183
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cherae's 183 recorded births place it above 71.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cherae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cherae's full recorded timeline at 1987, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cherae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1999
- Peak year (1992)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Cherae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (80 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Cherae's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Cherae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 80 births (44% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cherae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~31 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, 1968–1999 (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 Cherae 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.