first name
CHERI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 30,101 people named Cheri, 86.5% reported their origin as White, 6% as Black and 3.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Cheri peaked in 1960, when 1,410 babies got the name.
At least 36,080 babies have been given the name since 1925. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Cheri by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #471. The largest share of babies named Cheri, 49.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Cheri is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cheri has been most common in Washington (2.6×), Idaho (2.6×), and Nebraska (2.2×), and least common in Maine (0.23×).
33,388 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Cheri
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cheri, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Cheri ranks #96,965 of 156,621, with 201 people. See Cheri as a last name
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