Cheryln — girls' name
226 babies named Cheryln in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
226 girls have been named Cheryln since 1944, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1978.
- 226
- total births
- 1944–1978
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Cheryln was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Cheryln in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cheryln
The Social Security Administration has registered 226 babies named Cheryln between 1944 and 1978, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cheryln currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cheryln performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cheryln shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cheryln 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 226 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.
Cheryln at a glance
Last recorded 1978Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cheryln popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1944
- Peak year (1957)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1978.
226 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 19 births in a single year.
Cheryln by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 92 births that decade — 41% of Cheryln's all-time total
Cheryln decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Cheryln's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1944–1978 (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.