Girls' name · since 1961
Cherell
Cherell has 394 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,627 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 394
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cherell is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 394 have been recorded since 1961.
Cherell has 394 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2000.
- #13,627 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 394 born since 1961
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherell ranks #13,627 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 394 born since 1961, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,627 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 394
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cherell's 394 recorded births place it above 81.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
Cherell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cherell's full recorded timeline at 1983, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cherell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2000
- Peak year (1989)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Cherell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (163 births, 41% of the file).
1980s was Cherell's strongest decade.
163 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Cherell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
- 1970s
1970s
86 births
- 1980s
1980s
163 births
- 1990s
1990s
118 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 163 births (41% of all-time use).
Cherell by state
Where Cherell concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 394 births nationwide.
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What to do with Cherell's data
- Cherell's decade-level peak was the 1980s (163 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Cherells (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cherell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1961–2000 (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 Cherell 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.