Cherisa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cherisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 178 babies named Cherisa between 1966 and 1992, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherisa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cherisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cherisa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cherisa 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 178 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.