Cherry

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cherry: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cherry: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #583 in 2011, and it stood at #1,230 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#583highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#944
1997	#1126
1998	#1392
1999	#1216
2000	#1389
2001	#1305
2002	#1372
2003	#1325
2004	#1252
2005	#1082
2006	#1004
2007	#882
2008	#972
2009	#897
2010	#790
2011	#583
2012	#654
2013	#854
2014	#920
2015	#1362
2016	#1525
2017	#1184
2018	#1490
2019	#1218
2020	#1127
2021	#1286
2022	#1416
2023	#1575
2024	#1230

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #944 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #583 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1230 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Cherry by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cherry in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	68	4 of 10	17
2000s	231	10 of 10	23
2010sbusiest	384	10 of 10	38
2020s	122	5 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 38 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cherry appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #583 in England and Wales in 2011.

Cherry's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1230	27	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1416	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1286	25	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1127	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1218	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1490	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1184	29	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1525	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1362	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#920	40	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#854	44	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#654	63	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#583	69	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#790	46	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#897	37	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#972	32	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#882	35	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1004	28	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1082	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1305	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1216	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#944	22	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #583, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 69 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,230position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
69births registered in its largest year, 201150 to 99 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amrit · #583, 29y
Karishma · #582, 25y
Faizaan · #586, 29y
Jonty · #586, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amrit · #583, 29y
Maliha · #583, 29y
Noura · #583, 27y
Shayla · #583, 29y

Cherry was ranked #583 in England and Wales · Girls in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cherry and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cherry without appearing here.

Cherry moved ahead of

Sandra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1575 and #1525 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1230 and #2771.
Sofie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1575 and #1525 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1230 and #2574.
Sinead Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1490 and #1314 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1218 and #2458.
Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1127 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1286 and #2499.

Moved ahead of Cherry

Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1372 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1325 and #799.
Frida Compare
In 2014 they stood at #920 and #940 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1362 and #965.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #583 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #654 and #284.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #583 and #615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #654 and #294.

Moved the opposite way to Cherry

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherry went from #790 to #1230 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherry went from #854 to #1230 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherry went from #854 to #1230 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

Moved the same way as Cherry

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherry went from #944 to #1575 and Kristin from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherry went from #944 to #1575 and Therese from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherry went from #944 to #1575 and Tracey from #783 to #5687.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherry went from #944 to #1490 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #583 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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