Cheryle

Peak · girls
1947 · 278 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,476
since 1925

Cheryle over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cheryle has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #492, 1947girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1997#13,7245
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1995#13,3865
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1990#11,4096
1989#10,8476
1988#11,7985
1987#8,7787
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1985#9,3076
1984#6,8109
1983#6,21210
1982#3,78021
1981#5,57112
1980#4,32717
1979#4,62615
1978#4,24216
1977#3,17624
1976#3,67818
1975#2,68028
1974#2,10039
1973#2,30933
1972#2,31132
1971#1,68654
1970#1,45270
1969#1,27677
1968#1,23678
1967#1,17282
1966#1,05798
1965#1,023104
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1962#832159
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1956#578266
1955#588244
1954#696180
1953#674178
1952#636194
1951#588213
1950#572212
1949#525245
1948#498267
1947#492278
1946#511238
1945#537184
1944#544176
1943#87080
1942#1,59227
1941#2,53212
1940#2,42412
1939#3,1458
1938#3,1818
1937#4,2555
1936#3,7016
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First appearance
1925

The first year at least five girls were named Cheryle! It came in at #4,973, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1925–1930, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Cheryle is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Cheryle in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Cheryle
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
  • Biggest jump: 722 spots in 1943
  • Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1965
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1925
  • Peaked 1947 at #492 (278 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1943–1964
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,359
  • Highest: 1 in 6,359 girls born in 1948 were named Cheryle (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 348,142 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #492 in 1947, was only 1 in 6,377 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 40.1% of all girls named Cheryle (2,194) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,973 (1925)#4,973
1930s34#3,145 (1939)#3,556
1940s1,519#492 (1947)#1,053
1950s2,194#572 (1950)#629
1960s1,286#707 (1960)#979
1970s329#1,452 (1970)#2,826
1980s93#3,780 (1982)#7,492
1990s16#11,409 (1990)#12,840

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.

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