Cherl — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cherl

The Social Security Administration has registered 383 babies named Cherl between 1944 and 1978, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherl currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherl performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cherl shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cherl in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cherl 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 383 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.