Girls' name · since 1946
Cherelyn
19 babies named Cherelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1946
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cherelyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 19 have been recorded since 1946.
Cherelyn has 19 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1972.
- #46,383 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 1946
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherelyn ranks #46,383 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1946, peaking in the 1970s.
- #46,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1946
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cherelyn's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cherelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cherelyn's SSA record in two at 1967 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1946, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cherelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1972
- Peak year (1972)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Cherelyn by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (9 births, 47% of the file).
1970s was Cherelyn's strongest decade.
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Cherelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 9 births (47% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cherelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1946–1972 (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 Cherelyn 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.