Cherilyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cherilyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,358 babies named Cherilyn between 1941 and 2016, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherilyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 161 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherilyn performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 834 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cherilyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 238 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cherilyn in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cherilyn 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 2,358 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.