Cherlyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cherlyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,870 babies named Cherlyn between 1943 and 2015, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherlyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 529 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cherlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 119 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cherlyn in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cherlyn 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 1,870 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.