Girls' name · since 1945
Cheryel
Cheryel has 94 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1948 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,769 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
94 girls have been named Cheryel since 1945, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cheryel has 94 recorded births among girls since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 1970.
- #27,769 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 94 born since 1945
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cheryel ranks #27,769 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 94 born since 1945, peaking in the 1950s.
- #27,769 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cheryel's 94 recorded births place it above 61.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cheryel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cheryel's full recorded timeline at 1955, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1945, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1948 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cheryel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1970
- Peak year (1948)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Cheryel by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (52 births, 55% of the file).
1950s was Cheryel's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Cheryel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
29 births
- 1950s
1950s
52 births
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 52 births (55% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cheryel's data
- Cheryel's decade-level peak was the 1950s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cheryel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1945–1970 (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 Cheryel 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.