Girls' name · peaked in 1969
Cherie name popularity since 1925
29,869 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cherie. Half of them were born in 1966 or earlier, so the typical Cherie is about 60 years old in 2026. Cherie peaked in 1969 as the #284 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 29,869
- Named Cherie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #8,470 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 29,843 girls · 26 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 2.37× its national share
Peak year is the year Cherie 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.
Cherie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1970. Measured as a share of all babies, Cherie peaked in 1969.
- Fastest rise: Between 1941 and 1946, Cherie became 2.2× more common, from 1 in 9,150 baby girls to 1 in 4,150.
- Steepest fall: Between 1986 and 1991, its share of baby girls fell by 56%, from 1 in 5,050 to 1 in 11,600.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Cherie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cherie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cherie 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 | 269 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 847 | 0 | #716 |
| 1940s | 2,753 | 0 | #452 |
| 1950s | 5,930 | 5 | #341 |
| 1960s | 8,368 | 11 | #313 |
| 1970s | 6,612 | 5 | #340 |
| 1980s | 3,477 | 5 | #537 |
| 1990s | 1,067 | 0 | #2,163 |
| 2000s | 276 | 0 | #6,324 |
| 2010s | 170 | 0 | #6,287 |
| 2020–25 | 74 | 0 | #8,470 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.9% of babies named Cherie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Cherie is most popular
The index compares Cherie'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 Cherie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 2.37× | 1,129 |
| Utah | 2.26× | 511 |
| Washington | 1.97× | 875 |
| Michigan | 1.64× | 1,667 |
| Oregon | 1.61× | 401 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Cherie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cherie (this page) | 29,843 | 1969 |
| Cheri | 36,068 | 1967 |
| 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 Cherie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cherie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cherie (1969).
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