Cherene — girls' name
184 babies named Cherene in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
184 girls have been named Cherene since 1949, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1984.
- 184
- total births
- 1949–1984
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Cherene was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Cherene in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cherene
The Social Security Administration has registered 184 babies named Cherene between 1949 and 1984, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherene performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cherene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cherene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cherene 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 184 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.
Cherene at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cherene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1949
- Peak year (1968)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
184 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 14 births in a single year.
Cherene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 78 births that decade — 42% of Cherene's all-time total
Cherene decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Cherene's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Cherene by state
Where Cherene concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 3.3% |
6 of 184 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1949–1984 (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.