Cherish
#1,499 most common girls' name of all time · #2,594 across all names · 0% boys / 100% girls · used 1966–2025
Rank among girls
#1,499
Rank overall
#2,594 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
11,352
Since 2016
2,026
Peak year
2007 #644
Best rank
#644 2007
Girls
Boys
peak 461/yr
Cherish first appears in 1966. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 160 | — | 160 | #1,376 |
| 2024 | 148 | — | 148 | #1,477 |
| 2023 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,601 |
| 2022 | 139 | — | 139 | #1,544 |
| 2021 | 199 | — | 199 | #1,206 |
| 2020 | 221 | — | 221 | #1,108 |
| 2019 | 251 | — | 251 | #1,026 |
| 2018 | 242 | — | 242 | #1,061 |
| 2017 | 258 | — | 258 | #1,007 |
| 2016 | 277 | — | 277 | #971 |
| 2015 | 289 | — | 289 | #939 |
| 2014 | 350 | — | 350 | #802 |
| 2013 | 348 | — | 348 | #780 |
| 2012 | 360 | — | 360 | #767 |
| 2011 | 386 | — | 386 | #717 |
| 2010 | 369 | — | 369 | #752 |
| 2009 | 422 | — | 422 | #692 |
| 2008 | 407 | — | 407 | #734 |
| 2007 | 461 | — | 461 | #644 |
| 2006 | 371 | — | 371 | #746 |
| 2005 | 206 | — | 206 | #1,137 |
| 2004 | 232 | — | 232 | #1,015 |
| 2003 | 200 | — | 200 | #1,103 |
| 2002 | 189 | — | 189 | #1,111 |
| 2001 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,084 |
| 2000 | 181 | — | 181 | #1,130 |
| 1999 | 159 | — | 159 | #1,204 |
| 1998 | 155 | — | 155 | #1,200 |
| 1997 | 179 | — | 179 | #1,065 |
| 1996 | 156 | — | 156 | #1,168 |
| 1995 | 162 | — | 162 | #1,099 |
| 1994 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,228 |
| 1993 | 183 | — | 183 | #1,014 |
| 1992 | 168 | — | 168 | #1,080 |
| 1991 | 175 | — | 175 | #1,047 |
| 1990 | 184 | — | 184 | #996 |
| 1989 | 223 | — | 223 | #842 |
| 1988 | 199 | — | 199 | #886 |
| 1987 | 243 | — | 243 | #746 |
| 1986 | 263 | — | 263 | #693 |
| 1985 | 192 | — | 192 | #847 |
| 1984 | 210 | — | 210 | #770 |
| 1983 | 160 | — | 160 | #933 |
| 1982 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,314 |
| 1981 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,609 |
| 1980 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,761 |
| 1979 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,528 |
| 1978 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,396 |
| 1977 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,197 |
| 1976 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,235 |
| 1975 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,126 |
| 1974 | 132 | — | 132 | #944 |
| 1973 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,229 |
| 1972 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,241 |
| 1971 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,079 |
| 1969 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,896 |
| 1968 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,358 |
| 1967 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,557 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,196 |