How Many People Are Named Cherokee?
people named Cherokee are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 120,686 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,909 babies named Cherokee in Social Security records from 1920 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
174 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Probably derived from the Creek word tciloki meaning "people of a different speech". This is the name of a Native American people who live in the east of North America.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cherokee, 88.5% were girls and 11.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Cherokee rose from 89.6% in the 1970s to 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cherokee alive today is about 27 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cherokee first appears in the records in 1920 and was given most often in 1995, to 174 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1920 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cherokee has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,259, in 1995. In 2025 it ranked #13,551. Among boys, its best rank was #2,054, in 1995.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,551 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,259 (1995) | #2,054 (1995) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,513 in the 1990s | #3,372 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cherokee alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cherokee were born in Oklahoma than in any other state: about 222 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cherokee was given 21.5 times as often in Oklahoma, 3.2 times in Ohio and 2.5 times in Indiana.
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