Cherelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cherelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,674 babies named Cherelle between 1963 and 2020, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 184 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 826 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Cherelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Cherelle in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cherelle 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 1,674 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.