Girls' name · since 1990
Cheridan
107 babies named Cheridan in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,355 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cheridan sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 107 recorded since 1990.
Cheridan has 107 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2009.
- #26,355 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 107 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cheridan ranks #26,355 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,355 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cheridan's 107 recorded births place it above 63.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cheridan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cheridan's full recorded timeline at 2000, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cheridan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2009
- Peak year (2000)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Cheridan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (61 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Cheridan's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Cheridan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 61 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cheridan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1990–2009 (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 Cheridan 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.