first name
CHERIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 25,040 people named Cherie, 79.3% reported their origin as White, 9.6% as Black and 4.3% 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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Cherie peaked in 1970, when 1,002 babies got the name.
At least 29,995 babies have been given the name since 1910. 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.
Cherie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #578. The largest share of babies named Cherie, 38.8%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Cherie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cherie has been most common in Louisiana (2.4×), Utah (2.3×), and Hawaii (2.2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.24×).
26,217 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 Cherie
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cherie, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Cherie ranks #142,788 of 156,621, with 119 people. See Cherie as a last name
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