Girls' name · since 1947
Cherilynn
Cherilynn has 216 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 216
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cherilynn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 216 have been recorded since 1947.
Cherilynn has 216 recorded births among girls since 1947, 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 1947 to 1993.
- #19,010 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 216 born since 1947
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherilynn ranks #19,010 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 216 born since 1947, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 216
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cherilynn's 216 recorded births place it above 73.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cherilynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cherilynn splits its recorded history at 1968: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1947 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1974 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cherilynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1993
- Peak year (1974)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Cherilynn by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (55 births, 25% of the file).
1970s was Cherilynn's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Cherilynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
47 births
- 1960s
1960s
50 births
- 1970s
1970s
55 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 55 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Cherilynn's decade-level peak was the 1970s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cherilynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1947–1993 (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 Cherilynn 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.