Girls' name · since 1979
Cherub
Cherub has 29 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cherub is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 29 have been recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Cherub recorded 29 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1999.
- #41,239 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherub ranks #41,239 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #41,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cherub's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cherub's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cherub splits its recorded history at 1995: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cherub popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1999
- Peak year (1997)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Cherub by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (19 births, 66% of the file).
1990s was Cherub's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Cherub births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 19 births (66% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cherub: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1979–1999 (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 Cherub 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.