Cherry
Cherry was given to 42 girls in 2025, #3,587 among girls’ names; 11,716 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,100 Americans named Cherry and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 48 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cherry by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Cherry mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Cherry is “a female given name from English, a pet form of Charity, also interpreted as a flower name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Cherry?
#3,587 among girls’ names, 2025
Cherry rose from #3,611 in 2015 to #3,587 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 24.1 to 26.1 per million.
359 babies in 1947, the peak
Cherry peaked in 1947, when 359 babies were given it (354 girls, #434 among girls’ names). The 42 births of 2025 are 12% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,587 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,689 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,418 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,344 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,428 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,469 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,794 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,684 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,078 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,798 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 43 | #3,611 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,443 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,177 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,936 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,239 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,226 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,742 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,563 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,062 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,600 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,600 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,607 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,114 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,120 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,405 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,999 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,894 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,665 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,828 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 31 | #3,570 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,596 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,307 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,833 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,390 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 60 | #2,188 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,346 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,528 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 58 | #2,031 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,922 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,639 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,713 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 83 | #1,399 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,648 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 89 | #1,377 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 82 | #1,481 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 108 | #1,219 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 103 | #1,245 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 103 | #1,213 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 128 | #1,036 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 106 | #1,125 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 117 | #1,027 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 124 | #986 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 139 | #898 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 143 | #885 | 0.09 |
| 1971 | 155 | #868 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 157 | #857 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 150 | #846 | 0.09 |
| 1968 | 145 | #848 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 174 | #743 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 112 | #961 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 140 | #840 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 175 | #782 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 161 | #821 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 163 | #820 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 184 | #774 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 222 | #684 | 0.11 |
| 1959 | 218 | #677 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 231 | #650 | 0.11 |
| 1957 | 299 | #554 | 0.15 |
| 1956 | 302 | #537 | 0.15 |
| 1955 | 250 | #576 | 0.13 |
| 1954 | 261 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1953 | 265 | #526 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 300 | #485 | 0.16 |
| 1951 | 268 | #501 | 0.15 |
| 1950 | 246 | #521 | 0.14 |
| 1949 | 292 | #470 | 0.17 |
| 1948 | 343 | #429 | 0.20 |
| 1947 | 354 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1946 | 317 | #435 | 0.20 |
| 1945 | 219 | #492 | 0.17 |
| 1944 | 197 | #514 | 0.15 |
| 1943 | 147 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 144 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 93 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 112 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1939 | 87 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 91 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 81 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 63 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 92 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 94 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 78 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 102 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 74 | #786 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 80 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 77 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 68 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 58 | #1,002 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 52 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 75 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 62 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,181 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,192 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 54 | #1,018 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,355 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,327 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,107 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,265 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,490 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,202 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,791 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,183 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,317 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,033 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,302 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,274 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,147 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,237 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,734 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 15 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,336 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 13 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,243 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,060 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 11 | #992 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 13 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,045 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 15 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,213 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 10 | #1,010 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 13 | #830 | 0.06 |
| 1892 | 10 | #969 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,025 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 10 | #880 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,314 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,053 | 0.04 |
| 1885 | 10 | #700 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 7 | #869 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 5 | #947 | 0.04 |
| 1882 | 7 | #756 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 5 | #848 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 6 | #759 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Cherry a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 11,716 Americans recorded as Cherry, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 42 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Cherry: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cherry, and how old are they?
8,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 11,716 Americans ever recorded as Cherry. The median Cherry alive today is 64 years old; half are between 48 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 10,641 people named Cherry (10,465 women and girls, 176 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,724 born in the U.S. The Census count is 22% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 675 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,720 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,950 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 903 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 427 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 415 |
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 Cherry born?
The states with the most babies named Cherry are Texas, California and Georgia, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,267 | #3,397 | 1.7× |
| California | 724 | #2,315 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 625 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Alabama | 467 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Louisiana | 435 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| North Carolina | 431 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Florida | 364 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Mississippi | 325 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Tennessee | 321 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 316 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Cherry is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Cherry is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Cherry 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 90,218 babies since 1880, Cherry is the third most given (13% of them). In 2025 it was given to 42 of their 60 babies (70%), the most given that year.
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 Cherry
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 Cherry and names like it
- Compare Cherry and CheriBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sCherry peaked in 1947.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cherry since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Cherry.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Cherry alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.