girl's name

Cherika

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 291

Cherika is a girl's name. In 2003 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1980, when 19 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1973.

Cherika over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2003, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Cherika by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 77
1980s 151
1990s 52
2000s (to 2003) 6

How popular is Cherika?

In 2003, Cherika was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Cherika is used

Canada #4,083 5 in 2017
United States #15,573 6 in 2003

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cherika

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cherika also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cherika over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cherika

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cherika — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cherika

How popular is the name Cherika?

In 2003, Cherika was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Cherika a girl's or a boy's name?

Cherika is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Cherika most popular?

Cherika peaked in 1980, when 19 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.