Boys' name · since 2009
Cherif
65 babies named Cherif in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,300 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,725 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cherif currently ranks #8725 among boys' names in America, with 65 babies recorded since 2009.
Cherif has 65 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8725 as of the latest data, more common than 37% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #20,300 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,725 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 65 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherif ranks #20,300 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,725 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 65 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,300 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,725 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cherif's 65 recorded births place it above 55.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cherif compares
65 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cherif's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cherif | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 65 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cherif's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cherif's full recorded timeline at 2019, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% 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 2025 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cherif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Cherif by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (31 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Cherif's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Cherif births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 31 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Cherif's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 2020s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cherif: 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 (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Cherif 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.