Cherrie
Cherrie was last recorded in 2014, when 6 babies were given it; 4,319 Americans have been recorded with it between 1889 and 2014 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,200 Americans named Cherrie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 52 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cherrie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Cherrie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Cherrie is “a female given name.”
Variant of Cherry.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Cherrie?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,970, in 2014; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
147 babies in 1956, the peak
Cherrie peaked in 1956, when 147 girls were given it, #816 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #14,970 | 3.4 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,645 | 3.3 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,691 | 2.6 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,862 | 3.2 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,385 | 6.0 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,674 | 3.8 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,643 | 5.6 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,317 | 3.9 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,930 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,915 | 5.6 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 8 | #9,981 | 4.6 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,271 | 5.7 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,843 | 2.8 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,731 | 4.5 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,102 | 6.6 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,880 | 10.8 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,079 | 13.3 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,602 | 8.4 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,692 | 14.6 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,495 | 15.2 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,183 | 16.7 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,790 | 19.8 |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,663 | 20.9 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,088 | 16.6 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,669 | 19.8 |
| 1982 | 38 | #2,500 | 22.4 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,202 | 27.6 |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,314 | 25.3 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,485 | 23.0 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,396 | 24.2 |
| 1977 | 60 | #1,719 | 39.1 |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,731 | 37.5 |
| 1975 | 68 | #1,500 | 46.6 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,581 | 40.9 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,758 | 34.3 |
| 1972 | 85 | #1,238 | 55.9 |
| 1971 | 86 | #1,281 | 51.7 |
| 1970 | 90 | #1,240 | 51.5 |
| 1969 | 106 | #1,066 | 62.8 |
| 1968 | 82 | #1,198 | 50.0 |
| 1967 | 120 | #934 | 72.7 |
| 1966 | 75 | #1,243 | 44.3 |
| 1965 | 101 | #1,042 | 57.2 |
| 1964 | 94 | #1,135 | 49.6 |
| 1963 | 104 | #1,053 | 54.0 |
| 1962 | 126 | #945 | 64.1 |
| 1961 | 114 | #1,015 | 56.5 |
| 1960 | 120 | #975 | 59.3 |
| 1959 | 101 | #1,062 | 49.9 |
| 1958 | 133 | #882 | 66.1 |
| 1957 | 125 | #910 | 61.1 |
| 1956 | 147 | #816 | 73.2 |
| 1955 | 102 | #988 | 52.2 |
| 1954 | 88 | #1,044 | 45.3 |
| 1953 | 93 | #993 | 49.4 |
| 1952 | 86 | #1,013 | 46.4 |
| 1951 | 73 | #1,091 | 40.5 |
| 1950 | 70 | #1,101 | 40.9 |
| 1949 | 63 | #1,144 | 36.8 |
| 1948 | 82 | #963 | 48.3 |
| 1947 | 91 | #929 | 51.3 |
| 1946 | 72 | #985 | 45.8 |
| 1945 | 44 | #1,189 | 33.7 |
| 1944 | 62 | #988 | 46.7 |
| 1943 | 59 | #1,038 | 42.3 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,536 | 21.5 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,705 | 18.2 |
| 1940 | 43 | #1,100 | 37.6 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,517 | 22.8 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,289 | 29.0 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,687 | 19.7 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,884 | 16.3 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,936 | 16.2 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,847 | 17.2 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,615 | 21.8 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,242 | 31.9 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,885 | 16.9 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,537 | 23.1 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,771 | 18.8 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,106 | 14.7 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,830 | 18.4 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,271 | 13.5 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,407 | 7.4 |
| 1924 | 11 | #3,000 | 8.8 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,905 | 17.4 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,404 | 12.5 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,525 | 11.4 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,613 | 10.8 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,082 | 15.0 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,546 | 11.2 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,440 | 12.0 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,274 | 13.4 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,976 | 16.3 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,672 | 10.5 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,911 | 17.6 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,191 | 14.3 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,532 | 12.0 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,439 | 27.7 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,799 | 20.2 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,769 | 20.3 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,632 | 22.9 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,598 | 23.4 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,188 | 33.0 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,164 | 33.6 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Cherrie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Cherrie has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 104 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Cherrie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cherrie, and how old are they?
3,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 74% of the 4,319 Americans ever recorded as Cherrie. The median Cherrie alive today is 62 years old; half are between 52 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 3,265 people named Cherrie (3,261 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,450 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 185 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,480 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,060 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 382 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 77 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Cherrie born?
The states with the most babies named Cherrie are California, Texas and Michigan, with 51% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 295 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 255 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 117 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 96 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 87 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Louisiana | 81 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 80 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 56 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Alabama | 44 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Missouri | 33 | not ranked | 0.3× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Cherrie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 89,850 babies since 1880, Cherrie is the fourth most given (4.8% of them). In 2025 none of their 60 babies recorded by SSA was a Cherrie (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Cherrie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Cherrie and names like it
- Compare Cherrie and CheriBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sCherrie peaked in 1956.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cherrie since 1910.
- The top names of 1956The year the most babies were named Cherrie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Cherrie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.