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.

Cheryl

#82 most common girls' name of all time · #160 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1909–2025

Rank among girls
#82
Rank overall
#160 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
113 of 146
All-time
440,517
Since 2016
450
Peak year
1958 #13
Best rank
#13 1958
Girls Boys peak 24,178/yr
192019401960198020002020

Cheryl first appears in 1909. 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 32 — 32 #4,371
2024 37 — 37 #3,978
2023 31 — 31 #4,470
2022 44 — 44 #3,546
2021 49 — 49 #3,261
2020 30 — 30 #4,468
2019 41 — 41 #3,677
2018 57 — 57 #2,910
2017 56 — 56 #2,931
2016 73 — 73 #2,484
2015 56 — 56 #3,029
2014 58 — 58 #2,926
2013 55 — 55 #3,010
2012 72 — 72 #2,522
2011 65 — 65 #2,700
2010 79 — 79 #2,391
2009 64 — 64 #2,781
2008 91 — 91 #2,190
2007 86 — 86 #2,261
2006 87 — 87 #2,213
2005 103 — 103 #1,882
2004 116 — 116 #1,672
2003 115 — 115 #1,669
2002 104 — 104 #1,745
2001 143 — 143 #1,342
2000 127 — 127 #1,448
1999 173 — 173 #1,134
1998 165 — 165 #1,146
1997 198 — 198 #985
1996 250 — 250 #814
1995 255 — 255 #781
1994 307 — 307 #685
1993 374 — 374 #612
1992 441 — 441 #535
1991 539 — 539 #457
1990 615 7 622 #415
1989 731 — 731 #351
1988 889 — 889 #280
1987 959 5 964 #263
1986 1,031 8 1,039 #251
1985 1,224 8 1,232 #209
1984 1,323 6 1,329 #202
1983 1,562 — 1,562 #176
1982 1,875 6 1,881 #159
1981 2,116 5 2,121 #134
1980 2,609 7 2,616 #119
1979 3,210 6 3,216 #94
1978 3,167 8 3,175 #94
1977 2,121 7 2,128 #135
1976 2,489 9 2,498 #105
1975 2,997 13 3,010 #97
1974 3,496 17 3,513 #88
1973 4,010 16 4,026 #74
1972 5,136 27 5,163 #56
1971 6,327 12 6,339 #50
1970 7,440 24 7,464 #44
1969 8,346 20 8,366 #41
1968 9,138 28 9,166 #37
1967 10,767 29 10,796 #35
1966 11,713 25 11,738 #34
1965 12,550 34 12,584 #31
1964 14,081 43 14,124 #29
1963 15,047 37 15,084 #24
1962 16,587 45 16,632 #24
1961 18,301 42 18,343 #20
1960 19,120 48 19,168 #17
1959 20,947 40 20,987 #18
1958 24,119 59 24,178 #13
1957 22,643 41 22,684 #16
1956 21,278 25 21,303 #18
1955 19,111 32 19,143 #19
1954 15,015 26 15,041 #22
1953 12,264 19 12,283 #28
1952 12,201 17 12,218 #31
1951 11,986 19 12,005 #30
1950 11,823 14 11,837 #29
1949 12,007 17 12,024 #28
1948 13,220 20 13,240 #25
1947 13,890 21 13,911 #24
1946 11,526 23 11,549 #27
1945 8,149 20 8,169 #32
1944 7,972 22 7,994 #36
1943 2,878 16 2,894 #102
1942 591 — 591 #280
1941 442 — 442 #309
1940 284 — 284 #410
1939 289 5 294 #391
1938 397 — 397 #312
1937 145 — 145 #564
1936 94 — 94 #692
1935 99 — 99 #669
1934 76 — 76 #771
1933 60 — 60 #876
1932 49 — 49 #1,014
1931 49 — 49 #1,007
1930 42 — 42 #1,156
1929 44 — 44 #1,118
1928 46 — 46 #1,132
1927 32 — 32 #1,452
1926 26 — 26 #1,661
1925 21 — 21 #1,929
1924 22 — 22 #1,913
1923 28 — 28 #1,593
1922 18 — 18 #2,168
1921 18 — 18 #2,174
1920 13 — 13 #2,683
1919 12 — 12 #2,755
1918 16 — 16 #2,270
1917 22 — 22 #1,703
1916 8 — 8 #3,422
1914 7 — 7 #3,072
1912 5 — 5 #3,243
1909 5 — 5 #2,482