Cherlyn · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Cherlyn.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1943

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 66 recorded years as a table

Cherlyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1943	7
1944	18
1945	32
1946	29
1947	34
1948	31
1949	27
1950	20
1951	26
1952	26
1953	27
1954	23
1955	25
1956	35
1957	31
1958	34
1959	27
1960	33
1961	26
1962	27
1963	25
1964	24
1965	22
1966	29
1967	26
1968	26
1969	20
1970	15
1971	16
1972	21
1973	23
1974	18
1975	29
1976	19
1977	18
1978	7
1979	14
1980	11
1981	11
1982	6
1983	13
1984	10
1985	12
1986	7
1987	7
1988	6
1989	4
1990	5
1991	3
1992	4
1995	3
2001	3
2002	3
2003	5
2004	5
2005	4
2006	9
2007	7
2008	7
2009	9
2010	5
2011	4
2012	3
2013	4
2014	3
2015	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cherlyn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2015: 7
Rank in 2015: #13,006
How rare: 1 in 255,014 girls
Since 1943: 1,870

Cherlyn was last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1956, at 35 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Cherlyn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.