Cherelle
Cherelle was last recorded in 2020, when 5 babies were given it; 1,674 Americans have been recorded with it between 1963 and 2020 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,620 Americans named Cherelle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 34 and 40.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cherelle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Cherelle?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #15,616, in 2020; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
184 babies in 1986, the peak
Cherelle peaked in 1986, when 184 girls were given it, #891 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,616 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,468 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,329 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 6 | #15,366 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,110 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,617 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,037 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,221 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,953 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,215 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (48)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 | #8,128 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,474 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,660 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,253 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,076 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,700 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,258 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 79 | #1,830 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 102 | #1,529 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 110 | #1,439 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 124 | #1,304 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 183 | #954 | 0.10 |
| 1988 | 132 | #1,158 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 150 | #1,034 | 0.09 |
| 1986 | 184 | #891 | 0.11 |
| 1985 | 86 | #1,445 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 49 | #2,054 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,512 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,598 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,892 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,884 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,472 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,009 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,980 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,185 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,176 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,838 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,803 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,925 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,854 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,800 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,341 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,027 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,082 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,895 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,913 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,908 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,742 | under 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Cherelle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Cherelle has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 48 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Cherelle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cherelle, and how old are they?
1,620 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 1,674 Americans ever recorded as Cherelle. The median Cherelle alive today is 37 years old; half are between 34 and 40.
The 2020 Census counted 1,387 people named Cherelle (1,379 women and girls, 8 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,632 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 9 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 170 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 137 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Cherelle born?
The states with the most babies named Cherelle are California, Ohio and New York, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 105 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 86 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 73 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 66 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Texas | 55 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 51 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 49 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 49 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 39 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 35 | not ranked | 0.5× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Cherelle with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 8,127 babies since 1880, Cherelle is the second most given (21% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Cherelle
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Cherelle and names like it
- Compare Cherelle and CheryleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sCherelle peaked in 1986.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cherelle since 1910.
- The top names of 1986The year the most babies were named Cherelle.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Cherelle alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.