Girls' name · since 1949
Cherine
Since 1949, U.S. Social Security records show 127 babies named Cherine, peaking in 1968. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,466 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1949
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cherine sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 127 recorded since 1949.
Cherine has 127 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1990.
- #24,466 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 127 born since 1949
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherine ranks #24,466 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 127 born since 1949, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,466 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1949
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cherine's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cherine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cherine splits its recorded history at 1975: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1968 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cherine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1990
- Peak year (1968)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Cherine by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (43 births, 34% of the file).
1970s was Cherine's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Cherine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 16
1950s
16 births
- 1960s
1960s
21 births
- 1970s
1970s
43 births
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 43 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Cherine's decade-level peak was the 1970s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cherine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1949–1990 (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 Cherine 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.