Cher is a rare variant of Cheri that peaked in 1972 and has since faded.
Cher is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Cher was first reported in SSA data in 1948 and peaked in 1972 (235 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | #13,840 | — |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 | #11,305 | — |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | #11,590 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | #16,200 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | #16,389 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #17,126 | — |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | #14,545 | — |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 | #9,648 | — |
| 2000 | 14 | 14 | #7,250 | — |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #7,821 | — |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | #10,309 | — |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #11,084 | — |
| 1996 | 16 | — | #13,934 | #5,241 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | — | #9,080 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | #13,850 | #7,074 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | — | #8,927 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | #10,703 | #4,357 |
| 1991 | 26 | — | #8,086 | #3,664 |
| 1990 | 28 | — | #4,903 | #5,451 |
| 1989 | 25 | — | #4,900 | #6,327 |
| 1988 | 19 | — | #4,518 | — |
| 1987 | 18 | — | #5,657 | #7,124 |
| 1986 | 21 | — | #4,767 | #6,901 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | #6,092 | — |
| 1984 | 21 | — | #5,597 | #4,263 |
| 1983 | 23 | — | #5,199 | #3,923 |
| 1982 | 14 | — | #4,980 | — |
| 1981 | 23 | — | #4,773 | #4,578 |
| 1980 | 26 | — | #3,233 | — |
| 1979 | 24 | — | #3,354 | — |
| 1978 | 18 | — | #3,941 | — |
| 1977 | 32 | — | #2,618 | — |
| 1976 | 69 | — | #1,500 | — |
| 1975 | 123 | — | #995 | — |
| 1974 | 103 | — | #1,127 | — |
| 1973 | 178 | — | #760 | — |
| 1972 | 235 | — | #651 | — |
| 1971 | 110 | — | #1,093 | — |
| 1970 | 72 | — | #1,435 | — |
| 1969 | 45 | — | #1,839 | — |
| 1968 | 37 | — | #1,980 | — |
| 1967 | 43 | — | #1,754 | — |
| 1966 | 32 | — | #2,066 | — |
| 1965 | 18 | — | #2,950 | — |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #3,833 | — |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #5,374 | — |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #3,627 | — |
| 1960 | 27 | — | #2,252 | — |
| 1959 | 20 | — | #2,604 | — |
| 1958 | 33 | — | #1,912 | — |
| 1957 | 26 | — | #2,176 | — |
| 1956 | 24 | — | #2,261 | — |
| 1955 | 36 | — | #1,740 | — |
| 1954 | 23 | — | #2,250 | — |
| 1953 | 24 | — | #2,132 | — |
| 1952 | 13 | — | #3,059 | — |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #3,130 | — |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #3,458 | — |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #5,350 | — |