Feminine dossier · first seen 1909

Cheryl

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

Endangered Down 99.8% from peak

Peak era

1958

Peak rank proxy

24,118

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1909Peak 19582024

Peak year

1958

Decline from peak

99.8%

2024

All-time

439,502

Cheryl once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1958, when 24,118 girls were named Cheryl.

In 2024, only 37 girls were given the name.

Down 99.8% from its peak.

All told, about 439,502 Americans have been named Cheryl and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1909.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.8% from peak

195824,118 girls named Cheryl

202437 girls named Cheryl

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