Cheryl
#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #6,415
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 24,119 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 34 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 439,539since 1909
Cheryl over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,352 | 32 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,963 | 37 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,536 | 44 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,665 | 41 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,905 | 57 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,925 | 56 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,479 | 73 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,024 | 56 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,922 | 58 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,005 | 55 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,516 | 72 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,695 | 65 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,386 | 79 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,779 | 64 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,184 | 91 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,257 | 86 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,206 | 87 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,878 | 103 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,667 | 116 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,668 | 115 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,744 | 104 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,340 | 143 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,447 | 127 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,133 | 173 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,145 | 165 | — | |
| 1997 | #985 | 198 | — | |
| 1996 | #813 | 250 | — | |
| 1995 | #780 | 255 | — | |
| 1994 | #685 | 307 | — | |
| 1993 | #612 | 374 | — | |
| 1992 | #534 | 441 | — | |
| 1991 | #457 | 539 | — | |
| 1990 | #415 | 615 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #351 | 731 | — | |
| 1988 | #280 | 889 | — | |
| 1987 | #263 | 959 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #251 | 1,031 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #209 | 1,224 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #202 | 1,323 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #176 | 1,562 | — | |
| 1982 | #159 | 1,875 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #134 | 2,116 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #119 | 2,609 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #94 | 3,210 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #94 | 3,167 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #135 | 2,121 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #105 | 2,489 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #97 | 2,997 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #88 | 3,496 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #74 | 4,010 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #56 | 5,136 | #1,680 | 27 |
| 1971 | #50 | 6,327 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #44 | 7,440 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #41 | 8,346 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #37 | 9,138 | #1,478 | 28 |
| 1967 | #35 | 10,767 | #1,411 | 29 |
| 1966 | #34 | 11,713 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1965 | #31 | 12,550 | #1,318 | 34 |
| 1964 | #29 | 14,081 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1963 | #24 | 15,047 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1962 | #24 | 16,587 | #1,147 | 45 |
| 1961 | #20 | 18,301 | #1,222 | 42 |
| 1960 | #17 | 19,120 | #1,131 | 48 |
| 1959 | #18 | 20,947 | #1,228 | 40 |
| 1958 | #13 | 24,119 | #994 | 59 |
| 1957 | #16 | 22,643 | #1,214 | 41 |
| 1956 | #18 | 21,278 | #1,568 | 25 |
| 1955 | #19 | 19,111 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #22 | 15,015 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #28 | 12,264 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #31 | 12,201 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #30 | 11,986 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #29 | 11,823 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #28 | 12,007 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | #25 | 13,220 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #24 | 13,890 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #27 | 11,526 | #1,475 | 23 |
| 1945 | #32 | 8,149 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #36 | 7,972 | #1,438 | 22 |
| 1943 | #102 | 2,878 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #280 | 591 | — | |
| 1941 | #309 | 442 | — | |
| 1940 | #410 | 284 | — | |
| 1939 | #390 | 289 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #312 | 397 | — | |
| 1937 | #563 | 145 | — | |
| 1936 | #686 | 94 | — | |
| 1935 | #664 | 99 | — | |
| 1934 | #768 | 76 | — | |
| 1933 | #865 | 60 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,004 | 49 | — | |
| 1931 | #995 | 49 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,144 | 42 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,107 | 44 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,115 | 46 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,423 | 32 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
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| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cheryl! It came in at #2,208, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Cheryl
- 389 spots since 2024 (#3,963 → #4,352)
- 101 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #4,352)
- 1,328 spots since 2015 (#3,024 → #4,352)
- Biggest jump: 251 spots in 1938 (#563 → #312)
- Biggest drop: 172 spots in 1997 (#813 → #985)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1958 at #13 (24,119 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 34 yrs · run 1944–1975
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1933–1997
- Highest: 1 in 83 girls born in 1958 were named Cheryl (1.2%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 39.0% of all girls named Cheryl (171,387) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 (1909) | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 70 | #1,652 (1917) | #2,602 |
| 1920s | 268 | #1,107 (1929) | #1,741 |
| 1930s | 1,300 | #312 (1938) | #739 |
| 1940s | 70,959 | #24 (1947) | #127 |
| 1950s | 171,387 | #13 (1958) | #22 |
| 1960s | 135,650 | #17 (1960) | #29 |
| 1970s | 40,393 | #44 (1970) | #84 |
| 1980s | 14,319 | #119 (1980) | #214 |
| 1990s | 3,317 | #415 (1990) | #756 |
| 2000s | 1,036 | #1,340 (2001) | #1,917 |
| 2010s | 612 | #2,386 (2010) | #2,852 |
| 2020s | 223 | #3,250 (2021) | #4,001 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cheryl in 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 3,795 of them was named Cheryl, which outranked 92.1% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 221,370 of them was named Cheryl, which outranked 12.3% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 488 names at #3,480; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.