Meaning and history
Cherie is derived from the French chérie, meaning “darling.” In the United States, it began to be used shortly after the variant Sherry, but it has never been as common.
20062006: 14 births, rank #8,237
2007: 22 births, rank #6,093
2008: 31 births, rank #4,761
2009: 29 births, rank #4,931
2010: 22 births, rank #5,977
20112011: 21 births, rank #6,148
2012: 19 births, rank #6,576
2013: 16 births, rank #7,372
2014: 14 births, rank #8,053
2015: 20 births, rank #6,236
20162016: 12 births, rank #8,875
2017: 11 births, rank #9,341
2018: 17 births, rank #6,792
2019: 18 births, rank #6,414
2020: 12 births, rank #8,406
20212021: 15 births, rank #7,250
2022: 9 births, rank #10,383
2023: 10 births, rank #9,616
2024: 16 births, rank #6,932
20252025: 12 births, rank #8,362
Cherie moved from #854 to #868 for girls between 1989 and 1990. Its highest annual birth count came in 1970, with 1,002 births.