Girls' name · since 1966
Cherisa
178 babies named Cherisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 178
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cherisa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 178 have been recorded since 1966.
Cherisa has 178 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1992.
- #20,999 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 178 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherisa ranks #20,999 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 178 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 178
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cherisa's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Cherisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cherisa's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cherisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1992
- Peak year (1976)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Cherisa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (77 births, 43% of the file).
1980s was Cherisa's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Cherisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s
1970s
59 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 77 births (43% of all-time use).
Cherisa by state
Where Cherisa concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 3.4% |
6 of 178 births nationwide.
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- Cherisa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Cherisas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Cherisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1966–1992 (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 Cherisa 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.