girls:
1.8k births since 1938
#4016 (30th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1938
#5994 (23rd percentile)
The name Cherryl is the #5,994 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,757 recorded births since 1938. This represents the 22.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,016 (29.7% percentile) for all time with 1,757 births since 1938.
Cherryl first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1938 (first recorded for girls in 1938). Birth data for Cherryl is available in 45 out of the 56 years between 1938 and 1993. 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, Cherryl reached its peak popularity in 1946, achieving the 15.0% percentile (ranked #560) with 64 births per million. The name was most common in 1946, with 64 births per million (ranked 15.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cherryl".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Cherryl", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 52 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Cheryl" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Cheryl..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Cherryl. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 59.5% confident that Cherryl is pronounced as CHEH-ruhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHEH-rihl, at 24.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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