Cherryl
Cheryl is a feminine given name with multiple origins. The name might have originated as a combination of the name Beryl with the prefix Cher- from the French chérie, meaning darling. The name has also been considered a variant of Charles, which is pronounced SHARL in French.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Cherryl
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cheryl is a feminine given name with multiple origins. The name might have originated as a combination of the name Beryl with the prefix Cher- from the French chérie, meaning darling. The name has also been considered a variant of Charles, which is pronounced SHARL in French.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Cherryl
The earliest SSA record of Cherryl as a baby girl name dates back to 1938, when 8 babies received it. 1947 was its biggest year on record, with 105 newborns named Cherryl — #854 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Cherryl on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Cherryl last appeared in the published SSA data in 1993, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Cherryl
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Names that sound like Cherryl
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About the name Cherryl
Cherryl is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1938 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Cherryl's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #854. Use the chart and map above to compare Cherryl's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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