Cherilyn
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 161 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,363since 1941
Cherilyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Cherilyn has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
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| 2020 | — | |
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| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
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| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
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| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 34 |
| 1985 | #2,317 | 43 |
| 1984 | #2,851 | 31 |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 |
| 1982 | #2,414 | 40 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 |
| 1980 | #2,391 | 40 |
| 1979 | #1,897 | 55 |
| 1978 | #1,962 | 49 |
| 1977 | #1,514 | 72 |
| 1976 | #1,026 | 121 |
| 1975 | #959 | 130 |
| 1974 | #1,054 | 112 |
| 1973 | #1,239 | 84 |
| 1972 | #823 | 161 |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 |
| 1968 | #1,887 | 40 |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 |
| 1965 | #1,741 | 42 |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 |
| 1963 | #2,061 | 33 |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 |
| 1961 | #2,004 | 34 |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 |
| 1959 | #1,918 | 34 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 |
| 1956 | #1,378 | 57 |
| 1955 | #1,480 | 47 |
| 1954 | #1,949 | 29 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 |
| 1946 | #1,229 | 49 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 |
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| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cherilyn! It came in at #3,954, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1943, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cherilyn is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#453 · 1 in 3,910
- South Carolina#487 · 1 in 3,841
- Virginia#520 · 1 in 4,934
- Ohio#552 · 1 in 5,727
- Indiana#582 · 1 in 6,173
Best ever in a state: #143 in Alaska, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #453 | 8 | 1 in 3,910 |
| South Carolina | #487 | 5 | 1 in 3,841 |
| Virginia | #520 | 6 | 1 in 4,934 |
| Ohio | #552 | 13 | 1 in 5,727 |
| Indiana | #582 | 6 | 1 in 6,173 |
| New Jersey | #693 | 6 | 1 in 6,789 |
| Georgia | #723 | 5 | 1 in 7,196 |
| Pennsylvania | #763 | 7 | 1 in 10,301 |
| California | #816 | 18 | 1 in 7,615 |
| New York | #844 | 12 | 1 in 9,237 |
| Illinois | #1,010 | 6 | 1 in 12,433 |
| Texas | #1,070 | 8 | 1 in 12,046 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cherilyn
- Biggest jump: 1,842 spots in 1972 (#2,665 → #823)
- Biggest drop: 416 spots in 1973 (#823 → #1,239)
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1972 at #823 (161 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1972–1975
- Highest: 1 in 9,449 girls born in 1972 were named Cherilyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.3% of all girls named Cherilyn (834) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 215 | #1,229 (1946) | #2,186 |
| 1950s | 378 | #1,378 (1956) | #1,710 |
| 1960s | 336 | #1,741 (1965) | #2,084 |
| 1970s | 834 | #823 (1972) | #1,608 |
| 1980s | 336 | #2,317 (1985) | #2,862 |
| 1990s | 175 | #3,078 (1990) | #5,995 |
| 2000s | 74 | #6,808 (2000) | #11,411 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,381 |
| 2020s | 5 | #14,942 (2025) | #14,942 |
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.
Cherilyn in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 9,449 of them was named Cherilyn, which outranked 91.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #818Kathrine162
- #818Rosalie162
- #818Vonda162
- #823Cherilyn161
- #823Anika161
- #823Danna161
- #823Karri161
- #829Tiffanie160
- #830Dawna159
- #830Melonie159
Tied with 5 names at #823; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.