Cheril — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cheril

The Social Security Administration has registered 231 babies named Cheril between 1944 and 1974, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cheril currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cheril performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cheril 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 Cheril in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cheril 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 231 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.