Cheryl
A twentieth-century coinage, apparently Cherry crossed with Beryl.
Popularity, 1880–2025
Cheryl first shows up in the national records in 1909. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in 34 different years between 1944 and 1979. Its biggest year was 1958, when 24,119 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 13 nationally. All told, 440,517 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Cheryle (5,476), Cheryll (2,628), Cherryl (1,757), Cherelle (1,674), Cherrelle (848) (total births since 1880)
Explore Cheryl interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | No. 2208 |
| 1910s | 70 | No. 1652 |
| 1920s | 268 | No. 1107 |
| 1930s | 1,300 | No. 312 |
| 1940s | 70,959 | No. 24 |
| 1950s | 171,387 | No. 13 |
| 1960s | 135,650 | No. 17 |
| 1970s | 40,393 | No. 44 |
| 1980s | 14,319 | No. 119 |
| 1990s | 3,317 | No. 415 |
| 2000s | 1,036 | No. 1340 |
| 2010s | 612 | No. 2386 |
| 2020s | 223 | No. 3250 |
Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.