girls:
989 births since 1943
#4727 (17th percentile)
overall:
989 births since 1943
#6750 (13th percentile)
The name Cherly is the #6,750 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 989 recorded births since 1943. This represents the 12.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,727 (17.3% percentile) for all time with 989 births since 1943.
Cherly first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1943 (first recorded for girls in 1943). Birth data for Cherly is available in 54 out of the 68 years between 1943 and 2010. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Cherly reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 5.5% percentile (ranked #700) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1967, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cherly".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Cherly. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.1% confident that Cherly is pronounced as SHER-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHER-lee, at 39.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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