Baby name

Cher

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94% girls / 6% boys

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Short-lived name

In 1972, Cher reached its peak: 235 girls, 1 baby in 13,374. The trend faded fast: today's pace is 99% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 56% of all babies named Cher since 1880 were born in the 1970s.

1,721births since 1880

1970sgeneration

No. 651rank at its peak, in 1972

Where babies named Cher are born

1972

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The darker the blue, the more common Cher is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

One letter apart

Cheri 36,068
Chere 1,347

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

Decade	Girls	Boys
1940s	100%	0%
1950s	100%	0%
1960s	100%	0%
1970s	100%	0%
1980s	78%	22%
1990s	53%	47%
2000s	100%	0%
2010s	100%	0%
2020s	100%	0%