Cheri
Girl
Cheri is a girls' name, meaning “darling”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Cheri mean?
“darling”
A female given name originating as a coinage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cheri a girl's or a boy's name?
Cheri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cheri in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 7 girls.
Cheri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2 | #7,302 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Cheri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Cheri, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1960, with 1,410 girls. It first appears in the records in 1925.
Half of all the girls named Cheri in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were given Cheri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,325, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Cheri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 49 | #2,547 |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 1993 | 78 | #1,837 |
| 1992 | 101 | #1,534 |
| 1991 | 120 | #1,354 |
| 1990 | 138 | #1,215 |
| 1989 | 181 | #957 |
| 1988 | 200 | #880 |
| 1987 | 222 | #791 |
| 1986 | 297 | #624 |
| 1985 | 292 | #638 |
| 1984 | 335 | #557 |
| 1983 | 309 | #579 |
| 1982 | 359 | #540 |
| 1981 | 395 | #506 |
| 1980 | 444 | #476 |
| 1979 | 454 | #450 |
| 1978 | 496 | #411 |
| 1977 | 499 | #410 |
| 1976 | 580 | #362 |
| 1975 | 733 | #310 |
| 1974 | 807 | #297 |
| 1973 | 936 | #266 |
| 1972 | 995 | #265 |
| 1971 | 1,084 | #265 |
| 1970 | 1,179 | #260 |
| 1969 | 1,148 | #255 |
| 1968 | 1,232 | #235 |
| 1967 | 1,305 | #225 |
| 1966 | 1,078 | #257 |
| 1965 | 876 | #304 |
| 1964 | 1,003 | #289 |
| 1963 | 1,167 | #257 |
| 1962 | 1,397 | #229 |
| 1961 | 1,314 | #239 |
| 1960 | 1,410 | #227 |
| 1959 | 1,336 | #237 |
| 1958 | 1,203 | #249 |
| 1957 | 1,112 | #257 |
| 1956 | 1,047 | #262 |
| 1955 | 933 | #282 |
| 1954 | 810 | #299 |
| 1953 | 820 | #291 |
| 1952 | 686 | #308 |
| 1951 | 596 | #326 |
| 1950 | 544 | #330 |
| 1949 | 516 | #340 |
| 1948 | 546 | #333 |
| 1947 | 731 | #287 |
| 1946 | 591 | #304 |
| 1945 | 219 | #491 |
| 1944 | 187 | #531 |
| 1943 | 117 | #710 |
| 1942 | 83 | #835 |
| 1941 | 55 | #986 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,218 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,596 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,539 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
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