Feminine dossier · first seen 1948

Cher

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cher
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.4% from peak

Peak era

1972

Peak rank proxy

235

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1948Peak 19722024

Peak year

1972

Decline from peak

97.4%

2024

All-time

1,721

Cher once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1972, when 235 girls were named Cher.

In 2024, only 6 girls were given the name.

Down 97.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,721 Americans have been named Cher and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1948.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.4% from peak

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