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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Cherilyn

Cherilyn was the 15406th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked 824th with 161 babies. More babies were named Cherilyn in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#15,406 girls
Babies in 2025
5girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1972161 babies
Total since 1880
2,363babies recorded

Cherilyn popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#15,4065
2020——
2010——
2000#6,87515
1990#3,08836
1980#2,39540
1970#2,94823
1960#1,89336
1950#1,43341
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Cherilyn, counting every spelling?

Cherilyn has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Cherilyn?

5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cherilyn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Cherilyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cherilyn.

Chance of another Cherilyn in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Cherilyn?

About 2,100 people born in the US named Cherilyn are alive today, with a median age of 52; half are between 45 and 63. That makes Cherilyn mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Cherilyn by state

How common Cherilyn was among girls born in each state in 1970–1974, around its peak. In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNY0.04Massachusetts: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMA0.03Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIN0.03Ohio: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOH0.05Pennsylvania: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesPA0.03New Jersey: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.06Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCA0.05Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMO0.05Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesSC0.05District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesGA0.06Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Cherilyn, girls, 1970–1974. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Cherilyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cherilyn, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Cherilyn

How popular is the name Cherilyn?

Cherilyn was the 15406th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked 824th with 161 babies. More babies were named Cherilyn in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Cherilyn a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Cherilyn in the US.

Where was Cherilyn most popular?

In 1970–1974, Cherilyn was most common in Georgia (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and California.