How Many People Are Named Cheryl?
people named Cheryl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 947 people in the US has this name
Based on 440,517 babies named Cheryl in Social Security records from 1909 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
24,178 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Elaboration of CHERIE, perhaps influenced by BERYL. This name was not used before the 20th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Cheryl in English. Counting Cheryl and these spellings together, about 431,015 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Cheryl (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cheryl alive today is about 64 years old, and 74% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 59 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cheryl first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 1958, to 24,178 babies. In 2025, 32 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cheryl never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #13, in 1958, and it was in the top 100 in 34 years between 1944 and 1979. In 2025 it ranked #4,375.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,375 |
| Best rank | #13 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | 34 (1944 to 1979) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #19 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cheryl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cheryl were born in California than in any other state: about 30,426 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cheryl was given 1.8 times as often in Rhode Island, 1.5 times in Massachusetts and 1.5 times in New Hampshire.
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