Cher

Girl · recorded 1948–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1972best year

Most popular in 1972.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1948

07715419481967198620052024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 57 recorded years as a table
Cher, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19483
19506
19517
19527
195313
195412
195518
195612
195713
195816
195910
196013
19616
19624
19636
196510
196619
196726
196823
196927
197041
197166
1972154
1973122
197470
197584
197647
197721
197812
197915
198016
19819
19828
19838
19847
19856
19869
19877
198811
198910
199010
19915
19924
19943
19963
19974
19985
19997
20008
20026
20043
20143
20173
20183
20195
20205
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cher isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
6
Rank in 2024
#13,477
How rare
1 in 270,031 girls
Since 1948
1,721

Cher was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1972, at 154 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Cher doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.