Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cher*

#4,737 most common girls' name of all time · #8,042 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1948–2024 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#4,737
Rank overall
#8,042 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
1,831
Since 2016
32
Peak year
1972 #652
Best rank
#652 1972
Girls Boys peak 235/yr
1960198020002020

Cher first appears in 1948. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 6 6 #13,727
2020 8 8 #11,263
2019 8 8 #11,536
2018 5 5 #16,005
2017 5 5 #16,199
2014 5 5 #16,873
2004 6 6 #14,438
2002 10 10 #9,616
2000 14 14 #7,246
1999 12 12 #7,833
1998 8 8 #10,300
1997 7 7 #11,046
1996 5 11 16 #13,909
1995 5 5
1994 5 7 12 #13,808
1993 5 5
1992 7 13 20 #10,711
1991 10 16 26 #8,145
1990 19 9 28 #4,920
1989 18 7 25 #4,915
1988 19 19 #4,551
1987 13 5 18 #5,724
1986 16 5 21 #4,800
1985 11 11 #6,175
1984 12 9 21 #5,668
1983 13 10 23 #5,267
1982 14 14 #5,045
1981 15 8 23 #4,824
1980 26 26 #3,260
1979 24 24 #3,383
1978 18 18 #3,990
1977 32 32 #2,639
1976 69 69 #1,508
1975 123 123 #995
1974 103 103 #1,130
1973 178 178 #760
1972 235 235 #652
1971 110 110 #1,097
1970 72 72 #1,439
1969 45 45 #1,864
1968 37 37 #1,992
1967 43 43 #1,776
1966 32 32 #2,089
1965 18 18 #3,026
1963 12 12 #3,962
1962 7 7 #5,669
1961 13 13 #3,756
1960 27 27 #2,296
1959 20 20 #2,670
1958 33 33 #1,937
1957 26 26 #2,212
1956 24 24 #2,314
1955 36 36 #1,770
1954 23 23 #2,293
1953 24 24 #2,172
1952 13 13 #3,195
1951 12 12 #3,277
1950 10 10 #3,659
1948 5 5 #5,938