Cherie
- Gender
- Girl
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Cherie is a girls' name, meaning “darling”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Cherie mean?
Spelling of Cheri
“darling”
A female given name originating as a coinage.
Meaning borrowed from Cheri. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cherie a girl's or a boy's name?
Cherie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cherie 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 63 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cherie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Cherie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 26 | #923 |
| 1998 | 30 | #837 |
| 1997 | 63 | #506 |
| 1996 | 39 | #674 |
How popular is Cherie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Cherie, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1970, with 1,002 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the girls named Cherie in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were given Cherie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,325, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Cherie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,734 |
| 1998 | 56 | #2,458 |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,553 |
| 1996 | 64 | #2,122 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 100 | #1,541 |
| 1993 | 134 | #1,269 |
| 1992 | 163 | #1,097 |
| 1991 | 162 | #1,103 |
| 1990 | 226 | #866 |
| 1989 | 218 | #849 |
| 1988 | 287 | #671 |
| 1987 | 327 | #597 |
| 1986 | 340 | #572 |
| 1985 | 370 | #537 |
| 1984 | 358 | #537 |
| 1983 | 335 | #549 |
| 1982 | 392 | #513 |
| 1981 | 383 | #514 |
| 1980 | 467 | #456 |
| 1979 | 467 | #441 |
| 1978 | 424 | #463 |
| 1977 | 465 | #440 |
| 1976 | 493 | #411 |
| 1975 | 648 | #340 |
| 1974 | 659 | #335 |
| 1973 | 760 | #307 |
| 1972 | 823 | #298 |
| 1971 | 871 | #310 |
| 1970 | 1,002 | #290 |
| 1969 | 990 | #284 |
| 1968 | 892 | #292 |
| 1967 | 958 | #274 |
| 1966 | 871 | #288 |
| 1965 | 826 | #313 |
| 1964 | 817 | #334 |
| 1963 | 898 | #309 |
| 1962 | 834 | #324 |
| 1961 | 627 | #384 |
| 1960 | 655 | #374 |
| 1959 | 648 | #377 |
| 1958 | 690 | #348 |
| 1957 | 778 | #328 |
| 1956 | 924 | #293 |
| 1955 | 628 | #341 |
| 1954 | 495 | #385 |
| 1953 | 477 | #390 |
| 1952 | 453 | #385 |
| 1951 | 425 | #396 |
| 1950 | 412 | #396 |
| 1949 | 404 | #395 |
| 1948 | 451 | #371 |
| 1947 | 433 | #383 |
| 1946 | 379 | #391 |
| 1945 | 249 | #452 |
| 1944 | 245 | #458 |
| 1943 | 202 | #531 |
| 1942 | 167 | #571 |
| 1941 | 132 | #613 |
| 1940 | 91 | #729 |
| 1939 | 89 | #724 |
| 1938 | 86 | #747 |
| 1937 | 75 | #788 |
| 1936 | 109 | #635 |
| 1935 | 88 | #715 |
| 1934 | 74 | #781 |
| 1933 | 82 | #721 |
| 1932 | 67 | #846 |
| 1931 | 72 | #797 |
| 1930 | 105 | #669 |
| 1929 | 68 | #861 |
| 1928 | 72 | #854 |
| 1927 | 73 | #863 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,413 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,747 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,509 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
Names like Cherie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Billie, Holly, Marnie, Connie, Bonnie, Charlotte, Michelle, Robyn, Bobbie, Darcie, Molly, Amber
Other spellings of Cherie
Names related to Cherie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cherie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cherie, updated 20 October 2026.