—2024 rank
1960peak year
36,019babies named Cheri since 1880
▲ +29%5-year trend
Cheri popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Cheri mean?
From the French cherie, meaning darling, the feminine of cheri; a twentieth-century coinage familiar from Colette's novel Cheri.
OriginFrench
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylemodern, vintage
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