Cherika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cherika

The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Cherika between 1973 and 2003, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cherika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cherika in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cherika 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 286 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.