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.

Cherokee*

#3,516 most common girls' name of all time · #6,003 across all names · 12% male / 88% female · used 1920–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#3,516
Rank overall
#6,003 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
2,909
Since 2016
234
Peak year
1995 #1,261
Best rank
#1,261 1995
Girls Boys peak 174/yr
192019401960198020002020

Cherokee first appears in 1920. 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 #13,375
2024 13 13 #8,039
2023 16 16 #6,974
2022 13 13 #8,112
2021 27 27 #4,859
2020 26 26 #4,903
2019 20 20 #6,007
2018 33 33 #4,261
2017 31 5 36 #4,498
2016 44 44 #3,534
2015 30 5 35 #4,611
2014 30 30 #4,677
2013 19 19 #6,511
2012 30 30 #4,726
2011 39 39 #3,864
2010 26 7 33 #5,278
2009 25 6 31 #5,565
2008 40 7 47 #3,950
2007 42 42 #3,802
2006 51 5 56 #3,230
2005 54 7 61 #2,977
2004 82 6 88 #2,182
2003 82 11 93 #2,131
2002 89 13 102 #1,971
2001 91 17 108 #1,908
2000 118 19 137 #1,536
1999 122 18 140 #1,435
1998 143 19 162 #1,267
1997 126 27 153 #1,364
1996 135 23 158 #1,284
1995 134 40 174 #1,261
1994 124 37 161 #1,351
1993 92 18 110 #1,645
1992 89 10 99 #1,695
1991 62 8 70 #2,143
1990 40 40 #2,860
1989 42 42 #2,678
1988 24 24 #3,837
1987 12 7 19 #6,004
1986 34 34 #2,795
1985 20 20 #4,022
1984 15 5 20 #4,799
1983 14 14 #4,944
1982 10 10 #6,460
1981 14 14 #5,033
1980 14 14 #5,029
1979 13 13 #5,174
1978 20 6 26 #3,678
1977 22 22 #3,408
1976 23 6 29 #3,137
1975 18 5 23 #3,676
1974 14 14 #4,277
1973 13 13 #4,423
1972 17 17 #3,603
1971 7 7 #6,835
1969 10 10 #4,827
1964 5 5 #7,090
1963 6 6 #6,158
1959 5 5 #6,578
1957 9 9 #4,358
1956 8 8 #4,633
1955 7 7 #4,960
1952 7 7 #4,702
1949 5 5 #5,649
1948 5 5 #5,622
1942 5 5 #5,066
1922 5 5 #5,574
1920 5 5 #5,589