Cherokee
Girl · CHAIR-oh-kee · Native American
Cherokee is a girls' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Cherokee mean?
Native American: name of the Cherokee people
Taken from the Cherokee, a Native American people of the southeastern US; the word's original meaning is uncertain.
- Say it
- CHAIR-oh-kee
Is Cherokee a girl's or a boy's name?
Cherokee 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 Cherokee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Cherokee, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 143 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
2025 had fewer girls named Cherokee than any year since 1970.
Half of all the girls named Cherokee in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cherokee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,965 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,172 |
| 2003 | 82 | #2,122 |
| 2002 | 89 | #1,966 |
| 2001 | 91 | #1,897 |
| 2000 | 118 | #1,531 |
| 1999 | 122 | #1,429 |
| 1998 | 143 | #1,263 |
| 1997 | 126 | #1,360 |
| 1996 | 135 | #1,277 |
| 1995 | 134 | #1,258 |
| 1994 | 124 | #1,343 |
| 1993 | 92 | #1,637 |
| 1992 | 89 | #1,684 |
| 1991 | 62 | #2,130 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
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