girl's name

Cherryl

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 1,822

Cherryl is a girl's name. In 1993 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1947, when 105 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1938.

Cherryl over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1993, not a full ten years.

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'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Cherryl by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 8
1940s 539
1950s 672
1960s 401
1970s 101
1980s 25
1990s (to 1993) 11

How popular is Cherryl?

In 1993, Cherryl was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Cherryl is used

France #7,128 5 in 2012
United States #14,732 5 in 1993

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cherryl

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cherryl also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cherryl over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cherryl

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cherryl — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cherryl

How popular is the name Cherryl?

In 1993, Cherryl was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Cherryl a girl's or a boy's name?

Cherryl is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Cherryl most popular?

Cherryl peaked in 1947, when 105 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.