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Cherokee Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Cherokee?

Ranking 4,231st in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Cherokee is rare.

Cherokee, would be a stand out, distinctive name selection.

Position 1261, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1995.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1998 with 143 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Cherokee in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1970.

Cherokee, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1973-1976, 1982-1986, 1987-1994, and 2013-2016, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 2002-2009.

Sometimes the name Cherokee has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Cherokee's popularity is at a low point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Cherokee be?

The popularity trend for Cherokee has been spiralling downward for a while. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Cherokee has risen.

The name Cherokee is very unique but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

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   Cherokee (Girl)Cherokee (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 33 4,231 < 5 --
2017 31 4,490 5 12,588
2016 44 3,523 < 5 --
2015 30 4,608 5 12,377
2014 30 4,676 < 5 --
2013 19 6,509 < 5 --
2012 30 4,732 < 5 --
2011 38 3,927 < 5 --
2010 26 5,272 7 9,862
2009 24 5,740 6 11,234
2008 40 3,946 7 10,036
2007 42 3,796 < 5 --
2006 51 3,230 5 12,353
2005 54 2,971 7 9,283
2004 82 2,177 6 10,169
2003 82 2,130 11 6,322
2002 89 1,967 13 5,446
2001 91 1,905 17 4,507
2000 118 1,533 19 4,080
1999 122 1,433 18 4,006
1998 143 1,264 19 3,725
1997 126 1,363 27 2,831
1996 135 1,279 23 3,123
1995 134 1,261 40 2,059
1994 124 1,348 37 2,183
1993 92 1,642 18 3,522
1992 89 1,691 10 5,292
1991 62 2,137 8 6,038
1990 40 2,863 < 5 --
1989 42 2,668 < 5 --
1988 24 3,818 < 5 --
1987 12 5,988 7 5,580
1986 34 2,789 < 5 --
1985 20 4,002 < 5 --
1984 15 4,774 5 6,468
1983 14 4,926 < 5 --
1982 10 6,437 < 5 --
1981 14 5,012 < 5 --
1980 14 5,018 < 5 --
1979 13 5,139 < 5 --
1978 20 3,652 6 5,163
1977 22 3,393 < 5 --
1976 23 3,110 6 5,020
1975 18 3,656 5 5,601
1974 14 4,265 < 5 --
1973 13 4,402 < 5 --
1972 17 3,568 < 5 --
1971 7 6,716 < 5 --
1970 < 5 -- < 5 --
1969 10 4,765 < 5 --
1968 < 5 -- < 5 --
1967 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1965 < 5 -- < 5 --
1964 5 6,910 < 5 --
1963 6 5,982 < 5 --
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1959 5 6,388 < 5 --
1958 < 5 -- < 5 --
1957 9 4,260 < 5 --
1956 8 4,515 < 5 --
1955 7 4,810 < 5 --
1954 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1952 7 4,559 < 5 --
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1949 5 5,348 < 5 --
1948 5 5,357 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.