Girls' name · since 1929
Cherril
Cherril has 61 recorded births since 1929 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1945 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,622 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 61
- born since 1929
- 1940s
- peak decade
61 girls have been named Cherril since 1929, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherril has been recorded 61 times among girls since 1929, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1961.
- #32,622 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 61 born since 1929
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherril ranks #32,622 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 61 born since 1929, peaking in the 1940s.
- #32,622 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 61
- born since 1929
- 1940s
- peak decade
Cherril's 61 recorded births place it above 54.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cherril's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cherril splits its recorded history at 1948: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1929 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1945 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cherril popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1961
- Peak year (1945)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Cherril by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (32 births, 52% of the file).
1940s was Cherril's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Cherril births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
32 births
- 1950s
1950s
18 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 32 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cherril's data
- Cherril's decade-level peak was the 1940s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- 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 Cherril: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1945)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1929–1961 (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 Cherril 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.