Cherry is a girl's name of English origin meaning “that in order to break dormancy.” In 2024 it was given to 29 girls in the United States.
Cherry belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “that in order to break dormancy” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Cherry first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #429 in 1948, and in 2024 29 babies received the name — 11,538 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Cherry means “that in order to break dormancy” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Cherry is a girl name. In 2024, 29 babies received the name in the US.
Cherry comes from the English & American tradition.
Cherry first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #429 in 1948, and 29 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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