Girls' name · since 1946
Cherlynn
255 babies named Cherlynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,405 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 255
- born since 1946
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cherlynn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 255 have been recorded since 1946.
Social Security Administration records show Cherlynn recorded 255 times among girls since 1946, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1992.
- #17,405 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 255 born since 1946
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherlynn ranks #17,405 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 255 born since 1946, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,405 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 255
- born since 1946
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cherlynn's 255 recorded births place it above 75.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cherlynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cherlynn's SSA record in two at 1968 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1948, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cherlynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1992
- Peak year (1975)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Cherlynn by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (70 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Cherlynn's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Cherlynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s
1950s
59 births
- 1960s
1960s
57 births
- 1970s
1970s
70 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 70 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Cherlynn's decade-level peak was the 1970s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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 Cherlynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
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, 1946–1992 (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 Cherlynn 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.