Cherita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cherita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,051 babies named Cherita between 1948 and 1998, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 358 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cherita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Cherita in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cherita 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 1,051 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.