Cheralyn — girls' name
144 babies named Cheralyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
144 girls have been named Cheralyn since 1946, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1993.
- 144
- total births
- 1946–1993
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Cheralyn was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Cheralyn in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cheralyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 144 babies named Cheralyn between 1946 and 1993, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cheralyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cheralyn performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cheralyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cheralyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 144 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cheralyn at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cheralyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1946
- Peak year (1972)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
144 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 15 births in a single year.
Cheralyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 71 births that decade — 49% of Cheralyn's all-time total
Cheralyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Cheralyn's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.