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The first name Cherie

A girl’s name.

2 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

Variant of Cheri.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity

Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025

Cherie last appeared in the official list in 2024, given to 4 girls. It peaked in 1997, with 55 births (#500).

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268
babies named Cherie, 1996–2025
#4,843
rank in 2024
1997
peak year

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Cherie with other names.

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Cherie at birth, 1880–2025

In 2025, 12 girls born in the United States were named Cherie, the 8,470th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1970, when 1,002 were.

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29,995
babies named Cherie since 1880
#8,470
rank in 2025
1970
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Famous people named Cherie

7 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • 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, born 1959
  • Cherie DeVille
    American pornographic actress, born 1978
  • Cherie Priest
    American writer, born 1975
  • Cherie Lunghi
    English actress and voice over artist, born 1952
  • Cherie Johnson
    American actress and writer (born 1975)
  • Lauren Southern
    Canadian political activist, born 1995

Questions

What does the name Cherie mean?
Variant of Cheri.
How popular is the name Cherie?
In 2024, 4 girls born in England and Wales were named Cherie, ranking 4,843rd. Its peak was 1997, with 55 births.
Is Cherie a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 29,995 US babies named Cherie since 1880 were girls.
When was Cherie most popular?
1970 in the United States, when 1,002 babies were named Cherie, its highest rank at 291st.