first name
CHERYLE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,361 people named Cheryle, 80.1% reported their origin as White, 11.9% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Cheryle peaked in 1947, when 278 babies got the name.
At least 5,476 babies have been given the name since 1925. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Cheryle by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,103. The largest share of babies named Cheryle, 74.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Cheryle is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cheryle has been most common in Massachusetts (2.6×), Washington (2.1×), and California (1.9×), and least common in North Carolina (0.4×).
3,507 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cheryle, most common first.
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