Girls' name · since 1970
Cherity
230 babies named Cherity in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
230 girls have been named Cherity since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cherity has 230 recorded births among girls since 1970, 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 1970 to 2013.
- #18,402 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 230 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherity ranks #18,402 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 230 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #18,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cherity's 230 recorded births place it above 74.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cherity's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cherity's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 40% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 60%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cherity popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2013
- Peak year (1972)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Cherity by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (119 births, 52% of the file).
1970s was Cherity's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Cherity births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
119 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 119 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Cherity's decade-level peak was the 1970s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cherity: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1970–2013 (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 Cherity 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.