Girls' name · since 1945
Cherylyn
378 babies named Cherylyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,979 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 378
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cherylyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 378 recorded since 1945.
Social Security Administration records show Cherylyn recorded 378 times among girls since 1945, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 1993.
- #13,979 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 378 born since 1945
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cherylyn ranks #13,979 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 378 born since 1945, peaking in the 1950s.
- #13,979 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 378
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cherylyn's 378 recorded births place it above 80.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cherylyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cherylyn splits its recorded history at 1966: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1945 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cherylyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1993
- Peak year (1947)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Cherylyn by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (101 births, 27% of the file).
1950s was Cherylyn's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Cherylyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
47 births
- 1950s
1950s
101 births
- 1960s
1960s
97 births
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 101 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Cherylyn's decade-level peak was the 1950s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1990s -- 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 Cherylyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1945–1993 (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 Cherylyn 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.