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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |