Cherokee
Rank in 2025
#13208
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
6
girls 6
Peak year
1998
143 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
2,909
since 1920
Born a Cherokee? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Cherokee was most popular in 1998, when 143 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.08 per 1,000). In 2025, 6 babies were named Cherokee, ranking #13208 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 51%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 13208 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 13 | 7967 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 16 | 6922 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 13 | 8032 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 27 | 4833 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 26 | 4880 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 20 | 5986 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 33 | 4237 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 31 | 4477 | 5 | 12246 |
| 2016 | 44 | 3523 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 30 | 4584 | 5 | 12086 |
| 2014 | 30 | 4657 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 19 | 6462 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 30 | 4707 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 39 | 3843 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 26 | 5247 | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | 25 | 5537 | 6 | 10994 |
| 2008 | 40 | 3936 | 7 | 9871 |
| 2007 | 42 | 3786 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 51 | 3224 | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | 54 | 2969 | 7 | 9115 |
| 2004 | 82 | 2175 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 82 | 2125 | 11 | 6258 |
| 2002 | 89 | 1968 | 13 | 5395 |
| 2001 | 91 | 1901 | 17 | 4476 |
| 2000 | 118 | 1533 | 19 | 4066 |
| 1999 | 122 | 1431 | 18 | 3986 |
| 1998 | 143 | 1265 | 19 | 3708 |
| 1997 | 126 | 1362 | 27 | 2823 |
| 1996 | 135 | 1279 | 23 | 3107 |
| 1995 | 134 | 1261 | 40 | 2055 |
| 1994 | 124 | 1346 | 37 | 2181 |
| 1993 | 92 | 1640 | 18 | 3501 |
| 1992 | 89 | 1688 | 10 | 5236 |
| 1991 | 62 | 2136 | 8 | 5942 |
| 1990 | 40 | 2850 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 42 | 2658 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 24 | 3805 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 12 | 5923 | 7 | 5459 |
| 1986 | 34 | 2779 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 20 | 3983 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 15 | 4737 | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | 14 | 4884 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 10 | 6371 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 14 | 4963 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 14 | 4978 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 13 | 5092 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 20 | 3637 | 6 | 5059 |
| 1977 | 22 | 3366 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 23 | 3095 | 6 | 4935 |
| 1975 | 18 | 3637 | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | 14 | 4227 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 13 | 4362 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 17 | 3543 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | 6619 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 10 | 4723 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | 6767 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | 5891 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 5 | 6245 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 9 | 4202 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 8 | 4467 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 7 | 4740 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 7 | 4483 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | 5244 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 5 | 5243 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 5 | 4622 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | 5009 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | 4975 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 88% · boys 12% across all years