Cherokee
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Cherokee
Cherokee is the name of a Native American tribe, the largest in the United States stretching from North Carolina through Oklahoma. The meaning of the word Cherokee is uncertain: It may be Choctaw for "those who live in the mountains" or "those who live in the cave country" or it may be an Anglicization of the word the Cherokee use to refer to themselves, Tsalagi. The name was given to 19 baby girls in the U.S. in 2013 but was not recorded on the boys' roster, though we'd consider it a gender neutral name.
Cherokee for boys
The meaning of the word Cherokee is uncertain: It may be Choctaw for "those who live in the mountains" or "those who live in the cave country" or it may be an Anglicization of the word the Cherokee use to refer to themselves, Tsalagi. The name was given to 19 baby girls in the U.S. in 2013 but was not recorded on the boys' roster, though we'd consider it equally appropriate for either gender.
Pronounced CHER-uh-kee.
As of October 2026, Cherokee ranked #13556 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1261 in 1995.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,681 | 30 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,616 | 30 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #3,532 | 44 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,502 | 31 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #4,255 | 33 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #4,910 | 26 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #4,862 | 27 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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