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Cher Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Cher?

Ranking 16,100th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Cher is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Cher has seen higher popularity rankings.

Position 650, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1972 with 235 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Cher in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2017.

Cher, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1949-1955, and 1964-1972, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1972-1978.

Sometimes the name Cher has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Cher's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Cher be?

The popularity trend for Cher has been moving downward for a while. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Cher has risen.

The name Cher is mostly unused but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Cher has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Cher (Girl)Cher (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 5 16,100 < 5 --
2017 < 5 -- < 5 --
2016 < 5 -- < 5 --
2015 < 5 -- < 5 --
2014 5 17,093 < 5 --
2013 < 5 -- < 5 --
2012 < 5 -- < 5 --
2011 < 5 -- < 5 --
2010 < 5 -- < 5 --
2009 < 5 -- < 5 --
2008 < 5 -- < 5 --
2007 < 5 -- < 5 --
2006 < 5 -- < 5 --
2005 < 5 -- < 5 --
2004 6 14,536 < 5 --
2003 < 5 -- < 5 --
2002 10 9,640 < 5 --
2001 < 5 -- < 5 --
2000 14 7,243 < 5 --
1999 12 7,819 < 5 --
1998 8 10,309 < 5 --
1997 7 11,082 < 5 --
1996 5 13,931 11 5,239
1995 < 5 -- 5 9,080
1994 5 13,847 7 7,073
1993 < 5 -- 5 8,926
1992 7 10,701 13 4,356
1991 10 8,083 16 3,662
1990 19 4,901 9 5,451
1989 18 4,896 7 6,323
1988 19 4,517 < 5 --
1987 13 5,654 5 7,121
1986 16 4,767 5 6,896
1985 11 6,088 < 5 --
1984 12 5,596 9 4,262
1983 13 5,195 10 3,917
1982 14 4,980 < 5 --
1981 15 4,772 8 4,576
1980 26 3,232 < 5 --
1979 24 3,355 < 5 --
1978 18 3,941 < 5 --
1977 33 2,564 < 5 --
1976 69 1,501 < 5 --
1975 123 995 < 5 --
1974 103 1,126 < 5 --
1973 178 760 < 5 --
1972 235 650 < 5 --
1971 110 1,093 < 5 --
1970 72 1,435 < 5 --
1969 45 1,839 < 5 --
1968 37 1,979 < 5 --
1967 43 1,756 < 5 --
1966 32 2,066 < 5 --
1965 18 2,951 < 5 --
1964 5 6,905 < 5 --
1963 12 3,831 < 5 --
1962 7 5,376 < 5 --
1961 12 3,812 < 5 --
1960 27 2,250 < 5 --
1959 20 2,602 < 5 --
1958 33 1,913 < 5 --
1957 26 2,176 < 5 --
1956 24 2,261 < 5 --
1955 36 1,740 < 5 --
1954 23 2,251 < 5 --
1953 24 2,132 < 5 --
1952 13 3,060 < 5 --
1951 12 3,129 < 5 --
1950 10 3,459 < 5 --
1949 < 5 -- < 5 --
1948 5 5,351 < 5 --
1947 < 5 -- < 5 --
1946 < 5 -- < 5 --
1945 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1943 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.