Cheryl
Rank in 2025
#4352
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
32
girls 32
Peak year
1958
24,119 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
440,517
since 1909
Born a Cheryl? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Cheryl was most popular in 1958, when 24,119 babies recorded as girls got the name (12.0 per 1,000). In 2025, 32 babies were named Cheryl, ranking #4352 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 18%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | 4352 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 37 | 3963 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 31 | 4454 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 44 | 3536 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 49 | 3250 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 30 | 4453 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 41 | 3665 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 57 | 2905 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 56 | 2925 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 73 | 2479 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 56 | 3024 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 58 | 2922 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 55 | 3005 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 72 | 2516 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 65 | 2695 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 79 | 2386 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 64 | 2779 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 91 | 2184 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 86 | 2257 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 87 | 2206 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 103 | 1878 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 116 | 1667 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 115 | 1668 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 104 | 1744 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 143 | 1340 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 127 | 1447 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 173 | 1133 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 165 | 1145 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 198 | 985 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 250 | 813 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 255 | 780 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 307 | 685 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 374 | 612 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 441 | 534 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 539 | 457 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 615 | 415 | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | 731 | 351 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 889 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 959 | 263 | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | 1,031 | 251 | 8 | 4853 |
| 1985 | 1,224 | 209 | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | 1,323 | 202 | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | 1,562 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 1,875 | 159 | 6 | 5619 |
| 1981 | 2,116 | 134 | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | 2,609 | 119 | 7 | 4940 |
| 1979 | 3,210 | 94 | 6 | 5355 |
| 1978 | 3,167 | 94 | 8 | 4157 |
| 1977 | 2,121 | 135 | 7 | 4582 |
| 1976 | 2,489 | 105 | 9 | 3724 |
| 1975 | 2,997 | 97 | 13 | 2902 |
| 1974 | 3,496 | 88 | 17 | 2358 |
| 1973 | 4,010 | 74 | 16 | 2405 |
| 1972 | 5,136 | 56 | 27 | 1680 |
| 1971 | 6,327 | 50 | 12 | 2813 |
| 1970 | 7,440 | 44 | 24 | 1794 |
| 1969 | 8,346 | 41 | 20 | 1861 |
| 1968 | 9,138 | 37 | 28 | 1478 |
| 1967 | 10,767 | 35 | 29 | 1411 |
| 1966 | 11,713 | 34 | 25 | 1540 |
| 1965 | 12,550 | 31 | 34 | 1318 |
| 1964 | 14,081 | 29 | 43 | 1172 |
| 1963 | 15,047 | 24 | 37 | 1279 |
| 1962 | 16,587 | 24 | 45 | 1147 |
| 1961 | 18,301 | 20 | 42 | 1222 |
| 1960 | 19,120 | 17 | 48 | 1131 |
| 1959 | 20,947 | 18 | 40 | 1228 |
| 1958 | 24,119 | 13 | 59 | 994 |
| 1957 | 22,643 | 16 | 41 | 1214 |
| 1956 | 21,278 | 18 | 25 | 1568 |
| 1955 | 19,111 | 19 | 32 | 1339 |
| 1954 | 15,015 | 22 | 26 | 1496 |
| 1953 | 12,264 | 28 | 19 | 1765 |
| 1952 | 12,201 | 31 | 17 | 1856 |
| 1951 | 11,986 | 30 | 19 | 1725 |
| 1950 | 11,823 | 29 | 14 | 2019 |
| 1949 | 12,007 | 28 | 17 | 1820 |
| 1948 | 13,220 | 25 | 20 | 1656 |
| 1947 | 13,890 | 24 | 21 | 1646 |
| 1946 | 11,526 | 27 | 23 | 1475 |
| 1945 | 8,149 | 32 | 20 | 1494 |
| 1944 | 7,972 | 36 | 22 | 1438 |
| 1943 | 2,878 | 102 | 16 | 1833 |
| 1942 | 591 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 442 | 309 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 284 | 410 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 289 | 390 | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | 397 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 145 | 563 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 94 | 686 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 99 | 664 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 76 | 768 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 60 | 865 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 49 | 1004 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 49 | 995 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 42 | 1144 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 44 | 1107 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 46 | 1115 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 32 | 1423 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 26 | 1623 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 21 | 1891 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 22 | 1872 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 28 | 1556 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 18 | 2109 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 18 | 2120 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 13 | 2590 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 12 | 2640 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 16 | 2209 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 22 | 1652 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 8 | 3258 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 7 | 2876 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 5 | 2979 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | 2208 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years