Girls' name · since 1945
Cherylin
66 babies named Cherylin in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,738 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
66 girls have been named Cherylin since 1945, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cherylin has 66 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 1976.
- #31,738 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 66 born since 1945
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherylin ranks #31,738 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 1945, peaking in the 1950s.
- #31,738 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cherylin's 66 recorded births place it above 55.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cherylin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cherylin's SSA record in two at 1958 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1945, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cherylin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1976
- Peak year (1953)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Cherylin by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (34 births, 52% of the file).
1950s was Cherylin's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Cherylin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
34 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 34 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Cherylin's decade-level peak was the 1950s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Cherylin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1945–1976 (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 Cherylin 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.