girls:
5.5k births since 1925
#2260 (60th percentile)
overall:
5.5k births since 1925
#3687 (52nd percentile)
The name Cheryle is the #3,687 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,475 recorded births since 1925. This represents the 52.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,260 (60.5% percentile) for all time with 5,475 births since 1925.
Cheryle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1925 (first recorded for girls in 1925). Birth data for Cheryle is available in 58 out of the 73 years between 1925 and 1997. 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, Cheryle reached its peak popularity in 1948, achieving the 34.7% percentile (ranked #448) with 153 births per million. The name was most common in 1948, with 153 births per million (ranked 34.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1997.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cheryle".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Cheryle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Cheryle is pronounced as SHEH-ruhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHEH-reel, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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