Cherine — girls' name
127 babies named Cherine in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
127 girls have been named Cherine since 1949, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1990.
- 127
- total births
- 1949–1990
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Cherine was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Cherine in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cherine
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Cherine between 1949 and 1990, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherine performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cherine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cherine 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 127 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.
Cherine at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cherine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1949
- Peak year (1968)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
127 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 8 births in a single year.
Cherine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 43 births that decade — 34% of Cherine's all-time total
Cherine decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Cherine's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% 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, 1949–1990 (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.