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.

Cheri

#739 most common girls' name of all time · #1,341 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1925–2025

Rank among girls
#739
Rank overall
#1,341 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
36,080
Since 2016
52
Peak year
1960 #227
Best rank
#225 1967
Girls Boys peak 1,410/yr
19401960198020002020

Cheri first appears in 1925. 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
2025 6 — 6 #13,396
2024 9 — 9 #10,392
2023 7 — 7 #12,330
2021 6 — 6 #13,664
2019 7 — 7 #12,613
2018 7 — 7 #12,620
2017 10 — 10 #10,044
2015 13 — 13 #8,516
2014 12 — 12 #9,039
2013 9 — 9 #11,118
2012 11 — 11 #9,795
2011 10 — 10 #10,469
2010 12 — 12 #9,305
2009 14 — 14 #8,518
2008 14 — 14 #8,591
2007 19 — 19 #6,853
2006 15 — 15 #7,913
2005 16 — 16 #7,196
2004 15 — 15 #7,469
2003 15 — 15 #7,270
2002 16 — 16 #6,762
2001 18 — 18 #6,109
2000 29 — 29 #4,206
1999 35 — 35 #3,524
1998 33 — 33 #3,586
1997 31 — 31 #3,648
1996 39 — 39 #3,045
1995 49 — 49 #2,561
1994 57 — 57 #2,309
1993 78 — 78 #1,844
1992 101 — 101 #1,542
1991 120 — 120 #1,362
1990 138 — 138 #1,222
1989 181 — 181 #964
1988 200 — 200 #882
1987 222 — 222 #791
1986 297 — 297 #626
1985 292 — 292 #638
1984 335 — 335 #558
1983 309 — 309 #580
1982 359 — 359 #540
1981 395 — 395 #506
1980 444 — 444 #476
1979 454 — 454 #450
1978 496 — 496 #411
1977 499 — 499 #410
1976 580 — 580 #364
1975 733 — 733 #311
1974 807 — 807 #297
1973 936 — 936 #266
1972 995 — 995 #266
1971 1,084 — 1,084 #265
1970 1,179 — 1,179 #261
1969 1,148 — 1,148 #255
1968 1,232 — 1,232 #235
1967 1,305 — 1,305 #225
1966 1,078 — 1,078 #257
1965 876 6 882 #304
1964 1,003 — 1,003 #289
1963 1,167 — 1,167 #257
1962 1,397 — 1,397 #229
1961 1,314 6 1,320 #239
1960 1,410 — 1,410 #227
1959 1,336 — 1,336 #237
1958 1,203 — 1,203 #250
1957 1,112 — 1,112 #257
1956 1,047 — 1,047 #262
1955 933 — 933 #283
1954 810 — 810 #299
1953 820 — 820 #291
1952 686 — 686 #308
1951 596 — 596 #326
1950 544 — 544 #331
1949 516 — 516 #340
1948 546 — 546 #333
1947 731 — 731 #288
1946 591 — 591 #304
1945 219 — 219 #492
1944 187 — 187 #531
1943 117 — 117 #712
1942 83 — 83 #842
1941 55 — 55 #991
1940 36 — 36 #1,239
1939 27 — 27 #1,471
1938 23 — 23 #1,647
1937 24 — 24 #1,577
1936 29 — 29 #1,374
1935 22 — 22 #1,661
1934 8 — 8 #3,427
1933 10 — 10 #2,857
1932 13 — 13 #2,486
1931 9 — 9 #3,212
1930 16 — 16 #2,201
1929 5 — 5 #5,171
1928 9 — 9 #3,430
1925 7 — 7 #4,408