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How popular is “Cherry” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cherry” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cherry” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Cherry” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Cherry” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Cherry” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Cherry” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cherry” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 6 0.000029779 6 100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1882 7 0.000031598 7 100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 100%
1896 15 0.00004196 15 100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 100%
1904 15 0.000037176 15 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1906 10 0.00002334 10 100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 100%
1909 11 0.000021517 11 100%
1910 18 0.000030472 18 100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 100%
1912 20 0.000020242 20 100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 100%
1914 26 0.000018357 26 100%
1915 38 0.000020738 38 100%
1916 31 0.000016026 25 6 61%
1917 33 0.000016444 33 100%
1918 49 0.000022569 44 5 80%
1919 34 0.000016112 34 100%
1920 39 0.000017236 34 5 74%
1921 54 0.000023131 54 100%
1922 42 0.000018347 42 100%
1923 43 0.000018676 43 100%
1924 67 0.000028132 62 5 85%
1925 81 0.000034715 75 6 85%
1926 52 0.000022649 52 100%
1927 58 0.000025007 58 100%
1928 68 0.000030076 68 100%
1929 82 0.000037406 77 5 88%
1930 80 0.000035983 80 100%
1931 79 0.000037541 74 5 87%
1932 102 0.000048312 102 100%
1933 83 0.000041511 78 5 88%
1934 94 0.000045262 94 100%
1935 99 0.000047371 92 7 86%
1936 68 0.00003273 63 5 85%
1937 81 0.000038016 81 100%
1938 91 0.000041129 91 100%
1939 87 0.000039484 87 100%
1940 117 0.00005081 112 5 91%
1941 93 0.000038171 93 100%
1942 144 0.000052712 144 100%
1943 152 0.000053852 147 5 93%
1944 197 0.000073232 197 100%
1945 227 0.000085566 219 8 93%
1946 322 0.000100773 317 5 97%
1947 359 0.000099658 354 5 97%
1948 353 0.000102244 343 10 94%
1949 302 0.000086663 292 10 93%
1950 246 0.000070218 246 100%
1951 268 0.000072752 268 100%
1952 300 0.000078989 300 100%
1953 270 0.000070064 265 5 96%
1954 267 0.000067073 261 6 96%
1955 250 0.000062265 250 100%
1956 302 0.000073247 302 100%
1957 299 0.000071154 299 100%
1958 238 0.000057573 231 7 94%
1959 218 0.000052429 218 100%
1960 228 0.000054889 222 6 95%
1961 184 0.00004442 184 100%
1962 163 0.000040393 163 100%
1963 161 0.000040675 161 100%
1964 175 0.000045015 175 100%
1965 140 0.000038616 140 100%
1966 112 0.000032224 112 100%
1967 174 0.000051253 174 100%
1968 145 0.00004292 145 100%
1969 150 0.000043161 150 100%
1970 157 0.000043532 157 100%
1971 155 0.000045159 155 100%
1972 143 0.000045498 143 100%
1973 139 0.000046074 139 100%
1974 129 0.000042434 124 5 92%
1975 117 0.000038749 117 100%
1976 106 0.000034934 106 100%
1977 128 0.000040296 128 100%
1978 103 0.000032452 103 100%
1979 103 0.000030959 103 100%
1980 108 0.000031354 108 100%
1981 87 0.000025149 82 5 89%
1982 89 0.000025371 89 100%
1983 67 0.000019345 67 100%
1984 83 0.000023791 83 100%
1985 67 0.000018772 67 100%
1986 72 0.000020241 72 100%
1987 59 0.000016363 59 100%
1988 58 0.000015697 58 100%
1989 45 0.000011705 45 100%
1990 53 0.000013409 53 100%
1991 60 0.000015403 60 100%
1992 54 0.000014058 54 100%
1993 42 0.00001114 42 100%
1994 34 0.000009146 34 100%
1995 30 0.000008192 30 100%
1996 31 0.0000085 31 100%
1997 29 0.000007998 29 100%
1998 32 0.0000087 32 100%
1999 22 0.000005956 22 100%
2000 31 0.000008201 31 100%
2001 21 0.00000561 21 100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 100%
2003 19 0.000004997 19 100%
2004 22 0.000005758 22 100%
2005 29 0.000007543 29 100%
2006 31 0.000007836 31 100%
2007 38 0.000009506 38 100%
2008 33 0.000008396 33 100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 100%
2010 21 0.000005682 21 100%
2011 26 0.000007108 26 100%
2012 39 0.000010663 39 100%
2013 35 0.0000096 35 100%
2014 46 0.000012411 46 100%
2015 43 0.000011619 43 100%
2016 40 0.000010903 40 100%
2017 26 0.00000727 26 100%
2018 29 0.000008248 29 100%
2019 28 0.000008067 28 100%
2020 30 0.00000898 30 100%
2021 23 0.000006789 23 100%
2022 24 0.000007094 24 100%
2023 23 0.000006946 23 100%
2024 29 0.000008713 29 100%

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