Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cherilyn

#4,009 most common girls' name of all time · #6,853 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1941–2025

Rank among girls
#4,009
Rank overall
#6,853 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
2,363
Since 2016
10
Peak year
1972 #825
Best rank
#825 1972
Girls Boys peak 161/yr
1960198020002020

Cherilyn first appears in 1941. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 5 #15,188
2016 5 5 #16,516
2013 5 5 #16,848
2007 6 6 #15,740
2006 9 9 #11,559
2005 6 6 #14,739
2004 10 10 #10,016
2003 9 9 #10,546
2002 5 5 #15,737
2001 14 14 #7,398
2000 15 15 #6,885
1999 23 23 #4,758
1998 11 11 #8,125
1997 16 16 #5,940
1996 9 9 #8,959
1995 12 12 #7,152
1994 15 15 #6,060
1993 13 13 #6,712
1992 17 17 #5,553
1991 23 23 #4,377
1990 36 36 #3,104
1989 27 27 #3,710
1988 36 36 #2,894
1987 24 24 #3,657
1986 34 34 #2,798
1985 43 43 #2,330
1984 31 31 #2,878
1983 30 30 #2,872
1982 40 40 #2,425
1981 31 31 #2,877
1980 40 40 #2,414
1979 55 55 #1,908
1978 49 49 #1,978
1977 72 72 #1,521
1976 121 121 #1,029
1975 130 130 #961
1974 112 112 #1,059
1973 84 84 #1,249
1972 161 161 #825
1971 27 27 #2,702
1970 23 23 #2,993
1969 21 21 #2,973
1968 40 40 #1,903
1967 36 36 #1,968
1966 37 37 #1,905
1965 42 42 #1,763
1964 27 27 #2,398
1963 33 33 #2,080
1962 30 30 #2,195
1961 34 34 #2,029
1960 36 36 #1,918
1959 34 34 #1,944
1958 27 27 #2,203
1957 41 41 #1,701
1956 57 57 #1,393
1955 47 47 #1,494
1954 29 29 #1,981
1953 42 42 #1,529
1952 32 32 #1,776
1951 28 28 #1,878
1950 41 41 #1,451
1949 28 28 #1,843
1948 30 30 #1,736
1947 45 45 #1,396
1946 49 49 #1,238
1945 23 23 #1,793
1944 28 28 #1,576
1942 6 6 #4,577
1941 6 6 #4,396