Cherry
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- CHE-ree
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #865 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Cherry is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “cherry”. In 2025 it ranked 865th for girls in the UK (44 babies) and 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Cherry mean?
English: English word name for the fruit
“cherry”
The fruit name, also used historically as a pet form of Charity.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Cherry a girl's or a boy's name?
Cherry is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the UK and 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cherry in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #865among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 6,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were named Cherry, making it the 865th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 71 girls.
2025 had more girls named Cherry than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Cherry in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 894th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Cherry in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #865 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,353 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,498 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 45 | #906 |
| 2013 | 45 | #896 |
| 2012 | 65 | #694 |
| 2011 | 71 | #628 |
| 2010 | 48 | #815 |
| 2009 | 38 | #947 |
| 2008 | 33 | #1,015 |
| 2007 | 36 | #924 |
| 2006 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 2005 | 25 | #1,077 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 22 | #988 |
How popular is Cherry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,576among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Cherry, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 1947, with 354 girls.
2025 had more girls named Cherry than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Cherry in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were given Cherry or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,325, up from #3,576 for this spelling alone.
Cherry in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 43 | #3,595 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 31 | #3,564 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 60 | #2,183 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,522 |
| 1988 | 58 | #2,028 |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,917 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,637 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,709 |
| 1984 | 83 | #1,397 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,644 |
| 1982 | 89 | #1,374 |
| 1981 | 82 | #1,475 |
| 1980 | 108 | #1,216 |
| 1979 | 103 | #1,245 |
| 1978 | 103 | #1,212 |
| 1977 | 128 | #1,034 |
| 1976 | 106 | #1,122 |
| 1975 | 117 | #1,026 |
| 1974 | 124 | #984 |
| 1973 | 139 | #897 |
| 1972 | 143 | #885 |
| 1971 | 155 | #868 |
| 1970 | 157 | #856 |
| 1969 | 150 | #845 |
| 1968 | 145 | #846 |
| 1967 | 174 | #743 |
| 1966 | 112 | #960 |
| 1965 | 140 | #840 |
| 1964 | 175 | #780 |
| 1963 | 161 | #819 |
| 1962 | 163 | #820 |
| 1961 | 184 | #774 |
| 1960 | 222 | #684 |
| 1959 | 218 | #677 |
| 1958 | 231 | #650 |
| 1957 | 299 | #554 |
| 1956 | 302 | #536 |
| 1955 | 250 | #576 |
| 1954 | 261 | #548 |
| 1953 | 265 | #526 |
| 1952 | 300 | #484 |
| 1951 | 268 | #501 |
| 1950 | 246 | #521 |
| 1949 | 292 | #469 |
| 1948 | 343 | #429 |
| 1947 | 354 | #434 |
| 1946 | 317 | #435 |
| 1945 | 219 | #491 |
| 1944 | 197 | #514 |
| 1943 | 147 | #624 |
| 1942 | 144 | #624 |
| 1941 | 93 | #735 |
| 1940 | 112 | #659 |
| 1939 | 87 | #727 |
| 1938 | 91 | #717 |
| 1937 | 81 | #752 |
| 1936 | 63 | #853 |
| 1935 | 92 | #701 |
| 1934 | 94 | #689 |
| 1933 | 78 | #745 |
| 1932 | 102 | #667 |
| 1931 | 74 | #784 |
| 1930 | 80 | #786 |
| 1929 | 77 | #804 |
| 1928 | 68 | #888 |
| 1927 | 58 | #1,000 |
| 1926 | 52 | #1,032 |
| 1925 | 75 | #861 |
| 1924 | 62 | #970 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,174 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,190 |
| 1921 | 54 | #1,017 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,325 |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,102 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,261 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,094 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,199 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,178 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,300 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,290 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,142 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 15 | #938 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,318 |
| 1902 | 13 | #972 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,227 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,052 |
| 1899 | 11 | #983 |
| 1898 | 13 | #963 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,037 |
| 1896 | 15 | #843 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 13 | #826 |
| 1892 | 10 | #958 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 10 | #872 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 10 | #695 |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
Names like Cherry
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ruby Nancy Betsy Daisy Polly Frankie Connie Bonnie Betty Penny Ivy Lily
Other spellings of Cherry
Names related to Cherry
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Harper Grace Violet Willow Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison River
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, “Cherry: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cherry, updated 20 October 2026.