Feminine dossier · first seen 1943

Cherlyn

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cherlyn
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1956

Peak era

1956

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1943Peak 19562024

Peak year

1956

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,870

Cherlyn is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1956, when 70 girls were named Cherlyn.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,870 Americans have been named Cherlyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1943.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1956

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