Girls' name · since 1947
Cheral
72 babies named Cheral in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,766 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cheral sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 72 recorded since 1947.
Social Security Administration records show Cheral recorded 72 times among girls since 1947, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1970.
- #30,766 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 72 born since 1947
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cheral ranks #30,766 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 72 born since 1947, peaking in the 1950s.
- #30,766 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cheral's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cheral's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cheral's SSA record in two at 1954 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1949 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cheral popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1970
- Peak year (1949)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Cheral by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (47 births, 65% of the file).
1950s was Cheral's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Cheral births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
20 births
- 1950s
1950s
47 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 47 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Cheral's decade-level peak was the 1950s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cheral: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1947–1970 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cheral draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.