Girls' name · peaked in 1967
Cheri name popularity since 1925
36,080 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cheri. Half of them were born in 1964 or earlier, so the typical Cheri is about 62 years old in 2026. Cheri peaked in 1967 as the #225 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 36,080
- Named Cheri, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #13,555 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 36,068 girls · 12 boys
- Most popular in
- Idaho
- 2.54× its national share
Peak year is the year Cheri made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Cheri births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1960. Measured as a share of all babies, Cheri peaked in 1967.
- Fastest rise: Between 1943 and 1948, Cheri became 3.8× more common, from 1 in 11,900 baby girls to 1 in 3,110.
- Steepest fall: Between 1986 and 1991, its share of baby girls fell by 63%, from 1 in 5,780 to 1 in 15,600.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Cheri's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cheri.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cheri in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 21 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 181 | 0 | #1,614 |
| 1940s | 3,081 | 0 | #491 |
| 1950s | 9,087 | 0 | #282 |
| 1960s | 11,930 | 12 | #304 |
| 1970s | 7,763 | 0 | #310 |
| 1980s | 3,034 | 0 | #638 |
| 1990s | 681 | 0 | #2,561 |
| 2000s | 171 | 0 | #7,217 |
| 2010s | 91 | 0 | #8,561 |
| 2020–25 | 28 | 0 | #13,555 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.2% of babies named Cheri from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Cheri is most popular
The index compares Cheri's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Cheri.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 2.54× | 341 |
| Washington | 2.51× | 1,416 |
| Nebraska | 2.31× | 547 |
| Oregon | 2.04× | 646 |
| Kansas | 1.72× | 593 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Cheri and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Cheri (this page) | 36,068 | 1967 |
| Cherie | 29,843 | 1969 |
| Cherry | 10,815 | 1948 |
| Cherri | 4,146 | 1961 |
| Cherrie | 4,090 | 1956 |
| Cheree | 2,048 | 1975 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Cheri's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cheri.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cheri (1967).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data