Cherish Girl

How popular is Cherish?

#1,373 girl name in 2025

160 baby girls were named Cherish in the US in 2025, making it the 1373rd most popular girl name.

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11,178living people named Cherish (est.)
20median age of people named Cherish
11,352babies named Cherish since 1880
1 in 20,721US babies born in 2025

Cherish popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#1,373 for girls (▲ 99 from 2024)
Babies in 2025160 girls
10-year trendFalling (-45% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#937 in 2015, #1,105 in 2020
Peak year2007 (461 girls)
Highest rank#643 in 2007
First recorded1966
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Cherish is most popular

Babies named Cherish per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Mississippi: 0.5 per 1,000 (23 girls)
  2. Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (48 girls)
  3. Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (47 girls)
  4. Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (83 girls)
  5. Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (15 girls)

Cherish by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1960s107#1,871
1970s866#938
1980s1,722#692
1990s1,664#992
2000s2,865#643
2010s3,130#716
2020s998#1,105

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Questions

Is Cherish a boy or girl name?
Cherish is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cherish were girls.
How popular is the name Cherish?
160 baby girls were named Cherish in the US in 2025, making it the 1373rd most popular girl name.
When was Cherish most popular?
Cherish peaked in 2007, when 461 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #643 in 2007.
How many people are named Cherish?
11,352 babies have been named Cherish in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,178 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
Where is Cherish most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Cherish was most common in Mississippi, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.