English origin
Source-reportedBorrowed from English Cherry.
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: CherryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: CherryCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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English roots
[ˈt͡sɛː.ɾɪ] · Tagalog (no palatal assimilation)
01 / Meaning & origin
Cherry is a feminine given name documented in English, Spanish, Cebuano and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to English Cherry.
Borrowed from English Cherry.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 42 girls (rank 3577). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Cherry
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 6 | 738 | observed |
| 1881 | 5 | 830 | observed |
| 1882 | 7 | 740 | observed |
| 1883 | 5 | 920 | observed |
| 1884 | 7 | 851 | observed |
| 1885 | 10 | 695 | observed |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | 7 | 1,036 | observed |
| 1889 | 5 | 1,279 | observed |
| 1890 | 10 | 872 | observed |
| 1891 | 8 | 1,006 | observed |
| 1892 | 10 | 958 | observed |
| 1893 | 13 | 826 | observed |
| 1894 | 10 | 998 | observed |
| 1895 | 8 | 1,202 | observed |
| 1896 | 15 | 843 | observed |
| 1897 | 10 | 1,037 | observed |
| 1898 | 13 | 963 | observed |
| 1899 | 11 | 983 | observed |
| 1900 | 13 | 1,053 | observed |
| 1901 | 8 | 1,227 | observed |
| 1902 | 13 | 972 | observed |
| 1903 | 8 | 1,318 | observed |
| 1904 | 15 | 938 | observed |
| 1905 | 6 | 1,696 | observed |
| 1906 | 10 | 1,229 | observed |
| 1907 | 12 | 1,142 | observed |
| 1908 | 11 | 1,261 | observed |
| 1909 | 11 | 1,290 | observed |
| 1910 | 18 | 1,030 | observed |
| 1911 | 13 | 1,300 | observed |
| 1912 | 20 | 1,178 | observed |
| 1913 | 12 | 1,766 | observed |
| 1914 | 26 | 1,199 | observed |
| 1915 | 38 | 1,094 | observed |
| 1916 | 25 | 1,485 | observed |
| 1917 | 33 | 1,261 | observed |
| 1918 | 44 | 1,102 | observed |
| 1919 | 34 | 1,325 | observed |
| 1920 | 34 | 1,349 | observed |
| 1921 | 54 | 1,017 | observed |
| 1922 | 42 | 1,190 | observed |
| 1923 | 43 | 1,174 | observed |
| 1924 | 62 | 970 | observed |
| 1925 | 75 | 861 | observed |
| 1926 | 52 | 1,032 | observed |
| 1927 | 58 | 1,000 | observed |
| 1928 | 68 | 888 | observed |
| 1929 | 77 | 804 | observed |
| 1930 | 80 | 786 | observed |
| 1931 | 74 | 784 | observed |
| 1932 | 102 | 667 | observed |
| 1933 | 78 | 745 | observed |
| 1934 | 94 | 689 | observed |
| 1935 | 92 | 701 | observed |
| 1936 | 63 | 853 | observed |
| 1937 | 81 | 752 | observed |
| 1938 | 91 | 717 | observed |
| 1939 | 87 | 727 | observed |
| 1940 | 112 | 659 | observed |
| 1941 | 93 | 735 | observed |
| 1942 | 144 | 624 | observed |
| 1943 | 147 | 624 | observed |
| 1944 | 197 | 514 | observed |
| 1945 | 219 | 491 | observed |
| 1946 | 317 | 435 | observed |
| 1947 | 354 | 434 | observed |
| 1948 | 343 | 429 | observed |
| 1949 | 292 | 470 | observed |
| 1950 | 246 | 522 | observed |
| 1951 | 268 | 502 | observed |
| 1952 | 300 | 485 | observed |
| 1953 | 265 | 527 | observed |
| 1954 | 261 | 549 | observed |
| 1955 | 250 | 577 | observed |
| 1956 | 302 | 537 | observed |
| 1957 | 299 | 555 | observed |
| 1958 | 231 | 650 | observed |
| 1959 | 218 | 677 | observed |
| 1960 | 222 | 684 | observed |
| 1961 | 184 | 774 | observed |
| 1962 | 163 | 820 | observed |
| 1963 | 161 | 819 | observed |
| 1964 | 175 | 780 | observed |
| 1965 | 140 | 840 | observed |
| 1966 | 112 | 960 | observed |
| 1967 | 174 | 743 | observed |
| 1968 | 145 | 846 | observed |
| 1969 | 150 | 845 | observed |
| 1970 | 157 | 856 | observed |
| 1971 | 155 | 868 | observed |
| 1972 | 143 | 885 | observed |
| 1973 | 139 | 897 | observed |
| 1974 | 124 | 984 | observed |
| 1975 | 117 | 1,026 | observed |
| 1976 | 106 | 1,122 | observed |
| 1977 | 128 | 1,034 | observed |
| 1978 | 103 | 1,212 | observed |
| 1979 | 103 | 1,245 | observed |
| 1980 | 108 | 1,216 | observed |
| 1981 | 82 | 1,475 | observed |
| 1982 | 89 | 1,374 | observed |
| 1983 | 67 | 1,644 | observed |
| 1984 | 83 | 1,397 | observed |
| 1985 | 67 | 1,710 | observed |
| 1986 | 72 | 1,638 | observed |
| 1987 | 59 | 1,918 | observed |
| 1988 | 58 | 2,032 | observed |
| 1989 | 45 | 2,527 | observed |
| 1990 | 53 | 2,345 | observed |
| 1991 | 60 | 2,189 | observed |
| 1992 | 54 | 2,386 | observed |
| 1993 | 42 | 2,825 | observed |
| 1994 | 34 | 3,302 | observed |
| 1995 | 30 | 3,585 | observed |
| 1996 | 31 | 3,569 | observed |
| 1997 | 29 | 3,815 | observed |
| 1998 | 32 | 3,648 | observed |
| 1999 | 22 | 4,870 | observed |
| 2000 | 31 | 3,983 | observed |
| 2001 | 21 | 5,364 | observed |
| 2002 | 15 | 7,045 | observed |
| 2003 | 19 | 6,055 | observed |
| 2004 | 22 | 5,555 | observed |
| 2005 | 29 | 4,581 | observed |
| 2006 | 31 | 4,576 | observed |
| 2007 | 38 | 4,050 | observed |
| 2008 | 33 | 4,550 | observed |
| 2009 | 24 | 5,709 | observed |
| 2010 | 21 | 6,182 | observed |
| 2011 | 26 | 5,207 | observed |
| 2012 | 39 | 3,915 | observed |
| 2013 | 35 | 4,156 | observed |
| 2014 | 46 | 3,425 | observed |
| 2015 | 43 | 3,595 | observed |
| 2016 | 40 | 3,777 | observed |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,045 | observed |
| 2018 | 29 | 4,662 | observed |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,773 | observed |
| 2020 | 30 | 4,453 | observed |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,398 | observed |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,309 | observed |
| 2023 | 23 | 5,390 | observed |
| 2024 | 29 | 4,669 | observed |
| 2025 | 42 | 3,577 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Cherry” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Cherry— “love”
A few ancient Greeks had names compounded of Charis, such as Charinus, and Charilaus, the nephew of Lycurgus; but it was reserved for Christianity to give the word its higher sense. Charis, through the Latin caritas, grew to be the Christian’s Charity, the highest of the three Graces: Faith, Hope, Love, that had taken the place of Bloom, Mirth, and Brightness. And thus it was that, after the Reformation, Charity, contracted into Cherry, became an English Christian name,…
A few ancient Greeks had names compounded of Charis, such as Charinus, and Charilaus, the nephew of Lycurgus; but it was reserved for Christianity to give the word its higher sense. Charis, through the Latin caritas, grew to be the Christian’s Charity, the highest of the three Graces: Faith, Hope, Love, that had taken the place of Bloom, Mirth, and Brightness. And thus it was that, after the Reformation, Charity, contracted into Cherry, became an English Christian name, perhaps in remembrance of the fair and goodly Charity of the House Beautiful, herself a reflex of the lovely and motherly Charissa, to whom Una conducted the Red Cross Knight. Chariton, Kharitoon, in Russian, is a name in the Greek Church, from a confessor of Sirmium, who under Aurelius was flogged with ox-hides and imprisoned, but was liberated on the Emperor’s death, and made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter II (Names From Greek Mythology), Section IX (Hermes) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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