How Many People Are Named Cherina?
An estimated 195 people in the United States have the first name Cherina. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 44 years old, and Cherina peaked in popularity in 1984 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cherina as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cherina paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
195
About 1 in 1,757,715 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
44
years old
Peak Year
1984
15 births
Total Registered
210
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cherina
Cherina is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 210 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Cherina as a female name
Ranked #10,805 in 1994
7 female births in 1994
Peak: 1984 (15 births)
Cherina: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cherina span from the 1960s to the 1990s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 89 babies were registered. While Cherina is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Cherina by Decade
How has Cherina tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cherina + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cherina as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cherina
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cherina: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cherina?
We estimate approximately 195 people named Cherina are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,757,715 Americans share this first name.
Is Cherina a common name?
Cherina is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 210 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cherina most popular?
Cherina reached peak popularity in 1984, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cherina is approximately 44 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cherina a female name?
Cherina is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cherina Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cherina Smith, Cherina Johnson, Cherina Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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