Cherena — girls' name
18 babies named Cherena in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
18 girls have been named Cherena since 1981, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1990.
- 18
- total births
- 1981–1990
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
72% of everyone ever named Cherena was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Cherena in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cherena
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Cherena between 1981 and 1990, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cherena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cherena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 18 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cherena at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cherena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1981
- Peak year (1986)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
18 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 7 births in a single year.
Cherena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 13 births that decade — 72% of Cherena's all-time total
Cherena decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cherena's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.