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.

Cherita

#6,832 most common girls' name of all time · #11,498 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1948–1998

Rank among girls
#6,832
Rank overall
#11,498 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
1,051
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1980 #2,176
Best rank
#1,950 1975
Girls Boys peak 47/yr
19601980

Cherita 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
1998 5 — 5 #14,498
1994 10 — 10 #8,271
1993 8 — 8 #9,757
1992 6 — 6 #12,030
1991 11 — 11 #7,559
1990 17 — 17 #5,375
1989 18 — 18 #4,913
1988 22 — 22 #4,079
1987 34 — 34 #2,879
1986 22 — 22 #3,816
1985 37 — 37 #2,634
1984 38 — 38 #2,497
1983 30 — 30 #2,875
1982 41 — 41 #2,393
1981 40 — 40 #2,429
1980 47 — 47 #2,176
1979 41 — 41 #2,321
1978 42 — 42 #2,214
1977 39 — 39 #2,322
1976 31 — 31 #2,581
1975 46 — 46 #1,950
1974 33 — 33 #2,374
1973 35 — 35 #2,251
1972 38 — 38 #2,079
1971 21 — 21 #3,223
1970 32 — 32 #2,383
1969 27 — 27 #2,566
1968 28 — 28 #2,344
1967 22 — 22 #2,684
1966 25 — 25 #2,447
1965 29 — 29 #2,238
1964 12 — 12 #4,030
1963 17 — 17 #3,153
1962 20 — 20 #2,799
1961 25 — 25 #2,464
1960 14 — 14 #3,485
1959 12 — 12 #3,781
1958 8 — 8 #4,795
1957 7 — 7 #5,241
1956 13 — 13 #3,469
1955 8 — 8 #4,672
1954 8 — 8 #4,601
1953 11 — 11 #3,673
1952 7 — 7 #4,841
1949 6 — 6 #5,197
1948 8 — 8 #4,199