Cherish is an established girls' name that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Cherish is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,374 for girl births in the United States (and #2,586 across all names), given to 160 babies. Cherish first appears in 1966 and peaked in 2007 (461 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 160 | 160 | #1,374 |
| 2024 | 148 | 148 | #1,475 |
| 2023 | 131 | 131 | #1,597 |
| 2022 | 139 | 139 | #1,541 |
| 2021 | 199 | 199 | #1,206 |
| 2020 | 221 | 221 | #1,107 |
| 2019 | 251 | 251 | #1,025 |
| 2018 | 242 | 242 | #1,057 |
| 2017 | 258 | 258 | #1,007 |
| 2016 | 277 | 277 | #972 |
| 2015 | 289 | 289 | #938 |
| 2014 | 350 | 350 | #802 |
| 2013 | 348 | 348 | #780 |
| 2012 | 360 | 360 | #766 |
| 2011 | 386 | 386 | #716 |
| 2010 | 369 | 369 | #751 |
| 2009 | 422 | 422 | #692 |
| 2008 | 407 | 407 | #732 |
| 2007 | 461 | 461 | #643 |
| 2006 | 371 | 371 | #743 |
| 2005 | 206 | 206 | #1,135 |
| 2004 | 232 | 232 | #1,017 |
| 2003 | 200 | 200 | #1,100 |
| 2002 | 189 | 189 | #1,109 |
| 2001 | 196 | 196 | #1,086 |
| 2000 | 181 | 181 | #1,128 |
| 1999 | 159 | 159 | #1,204 |
| 1998 | 155 | 155 | #1,196 |
| 1997 | 179 | — | #1,061 |
| 1996 | 156 | — | #1,165 |
| 1995 | 162 | — | #1,096 |
| 1994 | 143 | — | #1,225 |
| 1993 | 183 | — | #1,013 |
| 1992 | 168 | — | #1,077 |
| 1991 | 175 | — | #1,045 |
| 1990 | 184 | — | #995 |
| 1989 | 223 | — | #842 |
| 1988 | 199 | — | #886 |
| 1987 | 243 | — | #744 |
| 1986 | 263 | — | #692 |
| 1985 | 192 | — | #846 |
| 1984 | 210 | — | #767 |
| 1983 | 160 | — | #931 |
| 1982 | 96 | — | #1,309 |
| 1981 | 73 | — | #1,600 |
| 1980 | 63 | — | #1,750 |
| 1979 | 77 | — | #1,518 |
| 1978 | 84 | — | #1,387 |
| 1977 | 103 | — | #1,193 |
| 1976 | 92 | — | #1,225 |
| 1975 | 104 | — | #1,120 |
| 1974 | 132 | — | #940 |
| 1973 | 86 | — | #1,226 |
| 1972 | 85 | — | #1,237 |
| 1971 | 63 | — | #1,550 |
| 1970 | 40 | — | #2,051 |
| 1969 | 44 | — | #1,873 |
| 1968 | 28 | — | #2,307 |
| 1967 | 24 | — | #2,502 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | #4,000 |