Cherell — girls' name
394 babies named Cherell in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
394 girls have been named Cherell since 1961, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2000.
- 394
- total births
- 1961–2000
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Cherell was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Cherell in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cherell
The Social Security Administration has registered 394 babies named Cherell between 1961 and 2000, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 163 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cherell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cherell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cherell 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 394 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.
Cherell at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cherell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1961
- Peak year (1989)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
394 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 32 births in a single year.
Cherell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 163 births that decade — 41% of Cherell's all-time total
Cherell decade highlights
- Peak decade 163 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cherell's strongest decade
163 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1961–2000 (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.