How Many People Are Named Cheri?
people named Cheri are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,003 people in the US has this name
Based on 36,080 babies named Cheri in Social Security records from 1925 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,410 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CHERIE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Cheri in English. Counting Cheri and these spellings together, about 454,946 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cheri in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cheri alive today is about 59 years old, and 50% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cheri first appears in the records in 1925 and was given most often in 1960, to 1,410 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1925 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cheri has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #225, in 1967. In 2025 it ranked #13,550.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,550 |
| Best rank | #225 (1967) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #257 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cheri alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cheri were born in California than in any other state: about 4,009 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cheri was given 2.9 times as often in Idaho, 2.8 times in Washington and 2.2 times in Nebraska.
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