Cherolyn — girls' name
60 babies named Cherolyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
60 girls have been named Cherolyn since 1944, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1979.
- 60
- total births
- 1944–1979
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
32% of everyone ever named Cherolyn was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Cherolyn in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cherolyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Cherolyn between 1944 and 1979, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherolyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherolyn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cherolyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cherolyn 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 60 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.
Cherolyn at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cherolyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1944
- Peak year (1949)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
60 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 8 births in a single year.
Cherolyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 19 births that decade — 32% of Cherolyn's all-time total
Cherolyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Cherolyn's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1944–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.