Cherilyn
Cherilyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 824th, in 1972.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1972161 births
- Best rank
- #824in 1972
- Since 1941
- 2,358people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,358 girls have been named Cherilyn in the United States since 1941, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1972, with 161 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 161 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1973, and the 1970s alone account for 35%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1972, its biggest year
Cherilyn was the 824th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1972 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1972.
Names that rose and fell with Cherilyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Christiepeak 1975
- Tobiepeak 1975
- Cristiepeak 1976
- Raneepeak 1971
- Christelpeak 1978
- Christypeak 1975
- Tobipeak 1975
- Marciepeak 1971
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.