Cherin — girls' name
16 babies named Cherin in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 girls have been named Cherin since 1948, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1980.
- 16
- total births
- 1948–1980
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Cherin was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Cherin in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cherin
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Cherin between 1948 and 1980, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherin performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cherin shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cherin 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 16 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.
Cherin at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cherin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1948
- Peak year (1974)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
16 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 6 births in a single year.
Cherin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 6 births that decade — 38% of Cherin's all-time total
Cherin decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Cherin's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1948–1980 (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.