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Cheryl
Recorded 440,517 times in US records since 1909. Peak year: 1958.
#7565
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 103,604
U.S. · 2025 records
Extraordinary
rarity tier
≈365,000
alive today (estimate)
↘ fading
10-yr trend
How many Cheryls are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 365,000 Cheryls are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 940 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Cheryl through the years, 1909–2025

1958 · 24,178 24,178 0
19092025
Peak Cheryl year: 1958 (ringed), with 24,178 recorded. Current usage: ~100% girls. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.