Cherrell — girls' name
433 babies named Cherrell in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Cherrell was born in this single decade.
50 babies were named Cherrell in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cherrell
The Social Security Administration has registered 433 babies named Cherrell between 1960 and 2003, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cherrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 50 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cherrell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 222 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cherrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cherrell in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cherrell 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 433 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.
Cherrell at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cherrell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1960
- Peak year (1986)
- 50
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
433 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 50 births in a single year.
Cherrell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 222 births that decade — 51% of Cherrell's all-time total
Cherrell decade highlights
- Peak decade 222 births
- Runner-up 116 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cherrell's strongest decade
222 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Cherrell by state
Where Cherrell concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 1.2% |
12 of 433 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.2% of nationwide
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1960–2003 (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.