# Cherish (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cherish/  
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 | 11,352 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 11,352 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 318, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 386 | 716 |
| 2012 | 360 | 766 |
| 2013 | 348 | 780 |
| 2014 | 350 | 802 |
| 2015 | 289 | 938 |
| 2016 | 277 | 972 |
| 2017 | 258 | 1,007 |
| 2018 | 242 | 1,057 |
| 2019 | 251 | 1,025 |
| 2020 | 221 | 1,107 |
| 2021 | 199 | 1,206 |
| 2022 | 139 | 1,541 |
| 2023 | 131 | 1,597 |
| 2024 | 148 | 1,475 |
| 2025 | 160 | 1,374 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12 | 2,104 |
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## 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.