Girls' name · since 1940
Cheree
Cheree has 2,048 recorded births since 1940 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,639 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,048
- born since 1940
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cheree sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 2,048 recorded since 1940.
Cheree has 2,048 recorded births among girls since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1940 to 2015.
- #4,639 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 2,048 born since 1940
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cheree ranks #4,639 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,048 born since 1940, peaking in the 1970s.
- #4,639 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,048
- born since 1940
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cheree's 2,048 recorded births place it above 93.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Cheree's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cheree splits its recorded history at 1974: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1940 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 76 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cheree popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2015
- Peak year (1975)
- 76
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Cheree by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (664 births, 32% of the file).
1970s was Cheree's strongest decade.
664 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Cheree births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 25
1940s
25 births
- 1950s 179
1950s
179 births
- 1960s
1960s
334 births
- 1970s
1970s
664 births
- 1980s
1980s
589 births
- 1990s 224
1990s
224 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 664 births (32% of all-time use).
How Cheree 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 Cheree's total volume
Cheree by state
Where Cheree concentrates geographically, total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 276 | 13.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 141 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 21 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 17 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Colorado | | 13 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 12 | 0.6% |
| #7 | New York | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Utah | | 11 | 0.5% |
276 of 2,048 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Cheree appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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- Cheree's decade-level peak was the 1970s (664 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Cherees (276 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 Cheree: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1940–2015 (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 Cheree 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.