How Many People Are Named Cher?
people named Cher are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 202,359 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,831 babies named Cher in Social Security records from 1948 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
235 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of CHERYL. In the case of the American musician Cher (1946-), it is short for her real name CHERILYN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cher, 93.8% were girls and 6.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Cher fell from 100% in the 1950s to 52.5% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cher alive today is about 50 years old, and 79% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 47 and 55 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cher first appears in the records in 1948 and was given most often in 1972, to 235 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1948 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Cher has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #651, in 1972.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #651 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,221 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cher alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cher were born in California than in any other state: about 195 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cher was given about 3.3 times as often in California.
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