NameTides

Cherish

Cherish was the #1,373 girls' name in the US in 2025 (160 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Cherish as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Cherish as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Cherish as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,373 (160)#3,333 (7)#2,475 (8)
2024#1,472 (148)#3,016 (8)#2,975 (6)
2023#1,595 (131)#4,710 (4)#2,203 (9)
2022#1,540 (139)#3,971 (5)#2,315 (8)
2021#1,206 (199)—#2,021 (10)
2020#1,105 (221)#4,535 (4)#3,251 (5)
2019#1,025 (251)#3,541 (6)#1,922 (11)
2018#1,057 (242)#3,178 (7)#1,996 (10)
2017#1,005 (258)#3,229 (7)#1,506 (15)
2016#971 (277)#2,233 (12)#1,533 (15)
2015#937 (289)#3,252 (7)#1,659 (13)
2014#801 (350)#1,702 (17)#1,901 (11)
2013#780 (348)#2,062 (13)#1,305 (18)
2012#766 (360)#1,525 (20)#1,472 (16)
2011#716 (386)#1,903 (14)#1,588 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #643.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1966.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Cherish is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,300 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cherish by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Cherish (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CherishCanadaGirls#2,4758
CherishEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
CherishNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CherishUSGirls#1,373160