Girl name#1,265 of girl names
Cherry
Pronounced CH EH1 R IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1947
- 145 years in use
How popular is Cherry?
Cherry is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 12,241 children — the 1,265th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 295 births across the past decade, against a peak of 368 in a single year. That peak was in 1947.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- CH EH1 R IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Cherry
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Cherry
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Cherry?
- Cherry ranks 1,265th among girls' names in US records, with 12,241 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 295.
- Is Cherry a unisex name?
- No. Cherry is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Cherry most popular?
- 1947, when 368 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.