Cheylynn — girls' name
57 babies named Cheylynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
57 girls have been named Cheylynn since 1996, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2020.
- 57
- total births
- 1996–2020
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Cheylynn was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Cheylynn in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cheylynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Cheylynn between 1996 and 2020, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cheylynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cheylynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cheylynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cheylynn 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 57 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.
Cheylynn at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cheylynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1996
- Peak year (2007)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
57 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 11 births in a single year.
Cheylynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 25 births that decade — 44% of Cheylynn's all-time total
Cheylynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cheylynn's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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, 1996–2020 (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.