Cherlyn
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #13,006
- Peak · girls
- 1947 · 61 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,870since 1943
Cherlyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Cherlyn has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | |
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| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
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| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
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| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 |
| 1976 | #2,728 | 28 |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 |
| 1973 | #2,309 | 33 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 |
| 1970 | #2,647 | 27 |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 |
| 1968 | #1,812 | 43 |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 |
| 1966 | #1,600 | 49 |
| 1965 | #1,854 | 38 |
| 1964 | #1,731 | 45 |
| 1963 | #1,649 | 48 |
| 1962 | #1,540 | 53 |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 |
| 1960 | #1,354 | 66 |
| 1959 | #1,450 | 55 |
| 1958 | #1,274 | 69 |
| 1957 | #1,332 | 63 |
| 1956 | #1,241 | 70 |
| 1955 | #1,445 | 49 |
| 1954 | #1,518 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,373 | 50 |
| 1952 | #1,402 | 48 |
| 1951 | #1,383 | 46 |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 |
| 1949 | #1,353 | 46 |
| 1948 | #1,250 | 53 |
| 1947 | #1,150 | 61 |
| 1946 | #1,276 | 46 |
| 1945 | #1,232 | 42 |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cherlyn! It came in at #3,040, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1993–1994, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cherlyn is popular in 1943
No state had 5 or more girls named Cherlyn in 1943, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Cherlyn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1947 at #1,150 (61 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,681 girls born in 1956 were named Cherlyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 255,014 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,150 in 1947, was only 1 in 29,062 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.3% of all girls named Cherlyn (529) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 282 | #1,150 (1947) | #1,571 |
| 1950s | 529 | #1,241 (1956) | #1,399 |
| 1960s | 471 | #1,354 (1960) | #1,705 |
| 1970s | 276 | #2,060 (1975) | #2,942 |
| 1980s | 148 | #3,555 (1983) | #5,440 |
| 1990s | 27 | #8,501 (1990) | #10,978 |
| 2000s | 97 | #7,142 (2006) | #10,582 |
| 2010s | 40 | #12,276 (2010) | #13,868 |
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.
Cherlyn in 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 139,529 of them was named Cherlyn, which outranked 43.4% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,861Warren11
- #2,861Wilhemina11
- #2,861Wynette11
- #3,040Cherlyn10
- #3,040Adriane10
- #3,040Ailene10
- #3,040Aldene10
- #3,249Adel9
- #3,249Agness9
- #3,249Alaine9
Tied with 208 names at #3,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.