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