Cheryn — girls' name
193 babies named Cheryn in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Cheryn was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Cheryn in 1948 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cheryn
The Social Security Administration has registered 193 babies named Cheryn between 1945 and 1975, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cheryn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cheryn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cheryn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cheryn 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 193 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.
Cheryn at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cheryn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1945
- Peak year (1948)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
193 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1948 with 16 births in a single year.
Cheryn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 70 births that decade — 36% of Cheryn's all-time total
Cheryn decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Cheryn's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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, 1945–1975 (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.