Cherokee

girls:

2.6k births since 1920

#3425 (40th percentile)

boys:

337 births since 1975

#4249 (7th percentile)

overall:

2.9k births since 1920

#5035 (35th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Cherokee is the #5,035 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,890 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 34.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,425 (40.1% percentile) for all time with 2,553 births since 1920. For boys, it ranks #4,249 (7.3% percentile) for all time with 337 births since 1975.

Cherokee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Cherokee is available in 66 out of the 104 years between 1920 and 2023 (66 years for girls and 26 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Cherokee has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Cherokee were girls.

For girls, Cherokee reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 15.8% percentile (ranked #736) with 74 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 74 births per million (ranked 15.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Cherokee ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 12.4% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Cherokee reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #765) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 20 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cherokee".

1920 2023 19202023

Key Statistics

Total Births
2,553
Peak Births
143
Peak Year
1998
First Recorded
1920
Peak Percentile
15.8%
Current Percentile
1.2%
Peak Rank
#736
Current Rank
#936
Female statistics
Total Births
337
Peak Births
40
Peak Year
1995
First Recorded
1975
Peak Percentile
4.4%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#765
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Cherokee

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Cherokee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 53.4% confident that Cherokee is pronounced as CHEH-ruh-kee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHEH-ruh-KEE, at 39.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.

CHEH-ruh-kee (3 syllables)
Verified
53.4% confidence
CH EH1 R AH0 K IY0
CHEH-ruh-KEE (3 syllables)
Verified
39.7% confidence
CH EH1 R AH0 K IY1
cher-uh-KEE (3 syllables)
6.9% confidence
CH ER0 AH0 K IY1

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like CH EH1 R AH0 K IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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