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.

Cheron*

#8,630 most common girls' name of all time · #14,412 across all names · 13% male / 87% female · used 1943–2010 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#8,630
Rank overall
#14,412 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
734
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1978 #2,656
Best rank
#2,625 1976
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
196019802000

Cheron first appears in 1943. 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
2010 — 5 5 —
2003 — 5 5 —
2001 5 — 5 #15,683
2000 6 — 6 #13,423
1999 10 5 15 #8,942
1996 5 — 5 #13,863
1995 11 — 11 #7,637
1994 6 — 6 #12,040
1993 6 — 6 #12,036
1992 11 — 11 #7,630
1991 7 5 12 #10,510
1990 5 — 5 #13,314
1989 10 5 15 #7,585
1988 10 6 16 #7,248
1987 11 5 16 #6,458
1986 14 6 20 #5,274
1985 13 6 19 #5,458
1984 18 — 18 #4,222
1983 12 — 12 #5,577
1982 17 6 23 #4,408
1981 20 — 20 #3,908
1980 19 6 25 #4,047
1979 26 6 32 #3,194
1978 32 5 37 #2,656
1977 25 9 34 #3,121
1976 30 5 35 #2,625
1975 21 5 26 #3,334
1974 21 9 30 #3,261
1973 25 — 25 #2,785
1972 27 — 27 #2,635
1971 20 — 20 #3,318
1970 27 — 27 #2,676
1969 15 — 15 #3,706
1968 17 — 17 #3,245
1967 16 — 16 #3,288
1966 10 — 10 #4,356
1965 11 — 11 #4,084
1964 10 — 10 #4,511
1963 6 — 6 #6,254
1962 7 — 7 #5,615
1961 5 — 5 #7,026
1957 8 — 8 #4,794
1956 6 — 6 #5,727
1954 5 — 5 #6,280
1953 5 — 5 #6,201
1951 6 — 6 #5,257
1950 5 — 5 #5,856
1949 8 — 8 #4,183
1946 9 — 9 #3,643
1945 6 — 6 #4,473
1943 10 — 10 #3,246