How rare is the name Cherri?

3,635 people in the United States have the first name Cherri, about 1 in 83,090. It ranks #4,912 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CHERRI

#4,912

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,635
About
1 in 83,090
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,635 people named Cherri, 75.4% reported their origin as White, 16.3% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cherri peaked in 1961, when 197 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19402014
Peak year
1961
Births that year
197
In 2014
6 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,146 babies have been given the name since 1940. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Cherri by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,486. The largest share of babies named Cherri, 52.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1940s#2,605321
1950s#1,5751,126
1960s#1,4861,412
1970s#2,239784
1980s#4,360347
1990s#11,762116
2000s#29,78428
2010s#38,64412
Silent Generation 1928–452%
Baby boom 1946–6452.1%
Generation X 1965–8034.7%
Millennials 1981–969.7%
Generation Z 1997–121.3%
2013 and later0.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Cherri is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cherri has been most common in Oklahoma (2.2×), Michigan (2.1×), and California (1.9×), and least common in New York (0.39×).

1,748 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.

Exactly as common as Cherri

1 other first name also has 3,635 people.

#4,912 Reymundo · 3,635

Either side of Cherri

#4,910 Dru · 3,637#4,911 Cielo · 3,636#4,912 Reymundo · 3,635#4,914 Mikah · 3,634

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cherri, most common first.

#1,250 Cheri · 30,101#2,362 Cherry · 10,641#5,306 Cherrie · 3,265#42,480 Cherre · 169

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