Cherita
Cherita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198047 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1948
- 1,051people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,051 girls have been named Cherita in the United States since 1948, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 47 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 47 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1970s alone account for 34%.
By decade
In 1980, its biggest year
Cherita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Cherita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Karipeak 1975
- Charitapeak 1981
- Shenitapeak 1978
- Chereepeak 1975
- Caripeak 1976
- Melissapeak 1979
- Mellissapeak 1979
- Adrianepeak 1983
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.