Girls' name · since 1967
Cherina
210 babies named Cherina in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,292 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 210
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
210 girls have been named Cherina since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Cherina recorded 210 times among girls since 1967, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1994.
- #19,292 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 210 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherina ranks #19,292 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 210 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,292 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 210
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cherina's 210 recorded births place it above 73.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cherina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cherina's full recorded timeline at 1982, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cherina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1994
- Peak year (1984)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Cherina by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (89 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Cherina's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Cherina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
68 births
- 1980s
1980s
89 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 89 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Cherina's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (89 total births) through the 1990s (46) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cherina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1967–1994 (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 Cherina 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.