Cherish

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Cherish: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #974, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#974highest recorded position
5groupings 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	#974
1997	#1365
1998	#1571
1999	#1970
2000	#2167
2001	#1870
2002	#1658
2003	#2436
2004	#2278
2005	#1934
2006	#2781
2007	#1573
2008	#1344
2009	#1209
2010	#2104
2011	#1903
2012	#1525
2013	#2062
2014	#1702
2015	#3252
2016	#2233
2017	#3229
2018	#3178
2019	#3541
2020	#4535
2022	#3970
2023	#4709
2024	#3015

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 28 of the 29 years 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 #974 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: #974 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Cherish 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 Cherish in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	53	4 of 10	13
2000sbusiest	122	10 of 10	12
2010s	115	10 of 10	12
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Cherish 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: #974 in England and Wales in 1996.

Cherish'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1209	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1344	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#974	21	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #974, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25births registered in its largest year, 200925 to 49 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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Cherry · #583, 29y
Cheryl · #11, 72y

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.

Alban · #974, 28y
Nabeela · #974, 26y
Acacia · #973, 29y
Adeeb · #973, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alban · #974, 28y
Nabeela · #974, 26y
Acacia · #973, 29y
Adeeb · #973, 28y

Cherish was ranked #974 in England and Wales · Girls in 1996. 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.

Cherish 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 Cherish without appearing here.

Cherish moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #3998.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Cherish

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2449.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1702 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #1240.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Cherish

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherish went from #974 to #3015 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherish went from #974 to #3015 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherish went from #974 to #3015 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherish went from #974 to #3015 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Cherish

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherish went from #974 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherish went from #974 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherish went from #974 to #3015 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cherish went from #974 to #3015 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #974 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cherish

Cherish at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cherish by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cherish appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Cherish at a glance

Cherish by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cherish appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cherish

Cherish and the names beside it

Cherish moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cherish

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