Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Cherry

Gender

Female

Origin

American
cherry fruit
English
Cherry fruit, bright red
French
Latin
Variant of Charity

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Color
  • Fruit
  • Green
  • Nature
  • Surname
  • Word

Pronunciation

ch(er)-ry

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1949 (rank #2453, 10 births); most recent 1981 (rank #6258, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1947 (rank #433, 354 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3577, 42 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–42
2024–29
2023–23
2022–24
2021–23
2020–30
2019–28
2018–29
2017–26
2016–40

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #584, 69 births); most recent 2025 (rank #894, 39 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202539
202427
202319
202222
202125
202029
201927
201821
201729
201621

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #4137, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #539, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20255
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence