Cherel — girls' name
21 babies named Cherel in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
21 girls have been named Cherel since 1946, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1965.
- 21
- total births
- 1946–1965
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Cherel was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Cherel in 1953 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cherel
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Cherel between 1946 and 1965, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherel performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cherel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cherel 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 21 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.
Cherel at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cherel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1946
- Peak year (1953)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1965.
21 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 6 births in a single year.
Cherel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 11 births that decade — 52% of Cherel's all-time total
Cherel decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Cherel's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 1946–1965 (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.