Cheryl was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #13 in 1958 but is far less common today.
Cheryl is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,376 for girl births in the United States (and #7,598 across all names), given to 32 babies. Cheryl was first reported in SSA data in 1909 and peaked in 1958 (24,119 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | #4,376 | — |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | #3,980 | — |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | #4,480 | — |
| 2022 | 44 | 44 | #3,548 | — |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | #3,259 | — |
| 2020 | 30 | 30 | #4,472 | — |
| 2019 | 41 | 41 | #3,677 | — |
| 2018 | 57 | 57 | #2,916 | — |
| 2017 | 56 | 56 | #2,936 | — |
| 2016 | 73 | 73 | #2,488 | — |
| 2015 | 56 | 56 | #3,035 | — |
| 2014 | 58 | 58 | #2,936 | — |
| 2013 | 55 | 55 | #3,013 | — |
| 2012 | 72 | 72 | #2,520 | — |
| 2011 | 65 | 65 | #2,701 | — |
| 2010 | 79 | 79 | #2,390 | — |
| 2009 | 64 | 64 | #2,788 | — |
| 2008 | 91 | 91 | #2,188 | — |
| 2007 | 86 | 86 | #2,257 | — |
| 2006 | 87 | 87 | #2,210 | — |
| 2005 | 103 | 103 | #1,881 | — |
| 2004 | 116 | 116 | #1,669 | — |
| 2003 | 115 | 115 | #1,668 | — |
| 2002 | 104 | 104 | #1,746 | — |
| 2001 | 143 | 143 | #1,342 | — |
| 2000 | 127 | 127 | #1,449 | — |
| 1999 | 173 | 173 | #1,133 | — |
| 1998 | 165 | 165 | #1,145 | — |
| 1997 | 198 | — | #986 | — |
| 1996 | 250 | — | #813 | — |
| 1995 | 255 | — | #780 | — |
| 1994 | 307 | — | #685 | — |
| 1993 | 374 | — | #612 | — |
| 1992 | 441 | — | #534 | — |
| 1991 | 539 | — | #457 | — |
| 1990 | 622 | — | #415 | #6,520 |
| 1989 | 731 | — | #351 | — |
| 1988 | 889 | — | #280 | — |
| 1987 | 964 | — | #263 | #7,126 |
| 1986 | 1,039 | — | #251 | #4,924 |
| 1985 | 1,232 | — | #209 | #4,770 |
| 1984 | 1,329 | — | #202 | #5,688 |
| 1983 | 1,562 | — | #176 | — |
| 1982 | 1,881 | — | #159 | #5,750 |
| 1981 | 2,121 | — | #134 | #6,439 |
| 1980 | 2,616 | — | #119 | #5,019 |
| 1979 | 3,216 | — | #94 | #5,472 |
| 1978 | 3,175 | — | #94 | #4,221 |
| 1977 | 2,128 | — | #135 | #4,670 |
| 1976 | 2,498 | — | #105 | #3,762 |
| 1975 | 3,010 | — | #97 | #2,926 |
| 1974 | 3,513 | — | #88 | #2,373 |
| 1973 | 4,026 | — | #74 | #2,418 |
| 1972 | 5,163 | — | #56 | #1,684 |
| 1971 | 6,339 | — | #50 | #2,839 |
| 1970 | 7,464 | — | #44 | #1,804 |
| 1969 | 8,366 | — | #41 | #1,866 |
| 1968 | 9,166 | — | #37 | #1,480 |
| 1967 | 10,796 | — | #35 | #1,415 |
| 1966 | 11,738 | — | #34 | #1,542 |
| 1965 | 12,584 | — | #31 | #1,318 |
| 1964 | 14,124 | — | #29 | #1,175 |
| 1963 | 15,084 | — | #24 | #1,283 |
| 1962 | 16,632 | — | #24 | #1,150 |
| 1961 | 18,343 | — | #20 | #1,224 |
| 1960 | 19,168 | — | #17 | #1,132 |
| 1959 | 20,987 | — | #18 | #1,231 |
| 1958 | 24,178 | — | #13 | #995 |
| 1957 | 22,684 | — | #16 | #1,217 |
| 1956 | 21,303 | — | #18 | #1,572 |
| 1955 | 19,143 | — | #19 | #1,343 |
| 1954 | 15,041 | — | #22 | #1,501 |
| 1953 | 12,283 | — | #28 | #1,775 |
| 1952 | 12,218 | — | #31 | #1,870 |
| 1951 | 12,005 | — | #30 | #1,735 |
| 1950 | 11,837 | — | #29 | #2,040 |
| 1949 | 12,024 | — | #28 | #1,831 |
| 1948 | 13,240 | — | #25 | #1,661 |
| 1947 | 13,911 | — | #24 | #1,657 |
| 1946 | 11,549 | — | #27 | #1,479 |
| 1945 | 8,169 | — | #32 | #1,505 |
| 1944 | 7,994 | — | #36 | #1,445 |
| 1943 | 2,894 | — | #102 | #1,848 |
| 1942 | 591 | — | #280 | — |
| 1941 | 442 | — | #309 | — |
| 1940 | 284 | — | #410 | — |
| 1939 | 294 | — | #390 | #3,567 |
| 1938 | 397 | — | #312 | — |
| 1937 | 145 | — | #563 | — |
| 1936 | 94 | — | #688 | — |
| 1935 | 99 | — | #668 | — |
| 1934 | 76 | — | #768 | — |
| 1933 | 60 | — | #867 | — |
| 1932 | 49 | — | #1,005 | — |
| 1931 | 49 | — | #999 | — |
| 1930 | 42 | — | #1,145 | — |
| 1929 | 44 | — | #1,108 | — |
| 1928 | 46 | — | #1,116 | — |
| 1927 | 32 | — | #1,428 | — |
| 1926 | 26 | — | #1,631 | — |
| 1925 | 21 | — | #1,902 | — |
| 1924 | 22 | — | #1,883 | — |
| 1923 | 28 | — | #1,562 | — |
| 1922 | 18 | — | #2,129 | — |
| 1921 | 18 | — | #2,137 | — |
| 1920 | 13 | — | #2,614 | — |
| 1919 | 12 | — | #2,667 | — |
| 1918 | 16 | — | #2,219 | — |
| 1917 | 22 | — | #1,660 | — |
| 1916 | 8 | — | #3,312 | — |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,943 | — |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #3,043 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #2,265 | — |