How Many People Are Named Cherry?
people named Cherry are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 41,569 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,716 babies named Cherry in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
359 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Simply means "cherry" from the name of the fruit. It can also be a diminutive of CHARITY. It has been in use since the late 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cherry, 99.4% were girls and 0.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cherry alive today is about 58 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 48 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cherry first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1947, to 359 babies. In 2025, 42 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cherry has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #429, in 1948. In 2025 it ranked #3,587.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,587 |
| Best rank | #429 (1948) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #556 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cherry alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cherry were born in Texas than in any other state: about 895 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cherry was given 3.3 times as often in Georgia, 3.1 times in Alabama and 3 times in Louisiana.
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