Cherry

Primarily a girl's name · 99% girls

Meaning

Cherry is a given name with multiple origins. In some instances, the given name is a transferred use of the surname Cherry. In other instances, the name was given in reference to the fruit. In other instances, it was an English version of the French term of endearment chérie.

From Wikipedia

Cherry first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 143 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1947 with 354 babies (rank #434 that year). In 2024 it was given to 29 girls (rank #4,672). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Cherry

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Cherry yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

11,674

Total babies (all years)

143

Years in the data

354

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Cherry

Cherry Jonesaudiobook narrator · b. 1956

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	6	#759
1881	5	#848
1882	7	#756
1883	5	#947
1884	7	#869
1885	10	#700
1888	7	#1,053
1889	5	#1,315
1890	10	#880
1891	8	#1,025
1892	10	#969
1893	13	#830
1894	10	#1,010
1895	8	#1,213
1896	15	#846
1897	10	#1,045
1898	13	#970
1899	11	#992
1900	13	#1,061
1901	8	#1,243
1902	13	#978
1903	8	#1,336
1904	15	#941
1905	6	#1,735
1906	10	#1,237
1907	12	#1,147
1908	11	#1,274
1909	11	#1,302
1910	18	#1,033
1911	13	#1,317
1912	20	#1,183
1913	12	#1,791
1914	26	#1,202
1915	38	#1,098
1916	25	#1,490
1917	33	#1,265
1918	44	#1,107
1919	34	#1,327
1920	34	#1,355
1921	54	#1,018
1922	42	#1,192
1923	43	#1,181
1924	62	#972
1925	75	#861
1926	52	#1,034
1927	58	#1,002
1928	68	#889
1929	77	#804
1930	80	#787
1931	74	#786
1932	102	#667
1933	78	#747
1934	94	#690
1935	92	#701
1936	63	#856
1937	81	#752
1938	91	#718
1939	87	#727
1940	112	#659
1941	93	#736
1942	144	#625
1943	147	#624
1944	197	#514
1945	219	#492
1946	317	#435
1947	354	#434
1948	343	#429
1949	292	#471
1950	246	#522
1951	268	#502
1952	300	#486
1953	265	#527
1954	261	#551
1955	250	#577
1956	302	#538
1957	299	#555
1958	231	#650
1959	218	#678
1960	222	#685
1961	184	#774
1962	163	#820
1963	161	#821
1964	175	#782
1965	140	#840
1966	112	#961
1967	174	#743
1968	145	#848
1969	150	#846
1970	157	#856
1971	155	#868
1972	143	#885
1973	139	#898
1974	124	#986
1975	117	#1,027
1976	106	#1,125
1977	128	#1,036
1978	103	#1,213
1979	103	#1,245
1980	108	#1,219
1981	82	#1,481
1982	89	#1,377
1983	67	#1,648
1984	83	#1,399
1985	67	#1,714
1986	72	#1,640
1987	59	#1,923
1988	58	#2,035
1989	45	#2,533
1990	53	#2,351
1991	60	#2,194
1992	54	#2,395
1993	42	#2,837
1994	34	#3,312
1995	30	#3,601
1996	31	#3,575
1997	29	#3,831
1998	32	#3,668
1999	22	#4,900
2000	31	#4,004
2001	21	#5,410
2002	15	#7,126
2003	19	#6,119
2004	22	#5,611
2005	29	#4,602
2006	31	#4,601
2007	38	#4,062
2008	33	#4,564
2009	24	#5,744
2010	21	#6,228
2011	26	#5,241
2012	39	#3,935
2013	35	#4,179
2014	46	#3,444
2015	43	#3,609
2016	40	#3,797
2017	26	#5,079
2018	29	#4,684
2019	28	#4,792
2020	30	#4,470
2021	23	#5,427
2022	24	#5,344
2023	23	#5,419
2024	29	#4,672