# Cherie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cherie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 29,995 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26 / 29,969 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 268, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Cheri.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 6,192 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,660 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,471 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,144 |
| 2015 | 20 | 6,287 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,010 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,452 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,862 |
| 2019 | 18 | 6,478 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,504 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,337 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,567 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9,761 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7,000 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,470 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 5 | 4,029 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,663 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,052 |
| 1975 | 5 | 5,599 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,395 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 | 1,439 |
| 2002 | 16 | 1,245 |
| 2003 | 12 | 1,628 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,509 |
| 2007 | 10 | 2,233 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## People named Cherie

- Cherie Blair, British barrister and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (born 1954)
- Cherie Currie, American rock musician, actress, and woodcarver, former member of The Runaways
- Cherie DeVille, American pornographic actress
- Cherie Priest, American writer
- Cherie Lunghi, English actress and voice over artist
- Cherie Johnson, American actress and writer (born 1975)
- Lauren Southern, Canadian political activist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.