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Cheryl
Pronounced /ˈʃɛɹəl/
Rank in 2024
#4,006
Born in 2024
37
Peak year
1958 · #13
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 37 girls were named Cheryl, about 1 in every 43,600.
- It peaked in 1958 with 24,118 babies, ranked #13.
- It first shows up in the records in 1909.
- 439,502 girls have been named Cheryl since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Cheryl per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 1.1Silent1928–45
- 8.5Boomers1946–64
- 3.7Gen X1965–80
- 0.5Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 253 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 21,706 babies, 1.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 305,162 babies, 8.52 per 1,000. Gen X: 95,519 babies, 3.74 per 1,000. Millennials: 14,491 babies, 0.51 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,787 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 584 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Coined in the early 20th century, possibly a blend of Cherie or Cherry and Beryl. (See cher for the etymology of Cherie.)
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈʃɛɹəl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Cheryl, CC BY-SA 4.0.