Cheryl
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Cheryl is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “darling”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Cheryl mean?
French: 20th-century English elaboration of Cherie, shaped like Beryl
“darling”
Coined in the early 20th century from Cherie, French cherie 'darling', with the ending of Beryl.
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Is Cheryl a girl's or a boy's name?
Cheryl is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cheryl in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Cheryl, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 53 girls.
2025 had more girls named Cheryl than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Cheryl in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#92), 1964 (#84), 1974 (#66) and 1984 (#68).
Cheryl in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 42 | #900 |
| 2009 | 44 | #844 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,176 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 27 | #891 |
| 1997 | 39 | #707 |
| 1996 | 53 | #541 |
How popular is Cheryl in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Cheryl, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 1958, with 24,119 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the girls named Cheryl in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cheryl in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,250 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,904 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,925 |
| 2016 | 73 | #2,479 |
| 2015 | 56 | #3,024 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,004 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,694 |
| 2010 | 79 | #2,386 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,778 |
| 2008 | 91 | #2,184 |
| 2007 | 86 | #2,257 |
| 2006 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2005 | 103 | #1,877 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,666 |
| 2003 | 115 | #1,667 |
| 2002 | 104 | #1,742 |
| 2001 | 143 | #1,339 |
| 2000 | 127 | #1,445 |
| 1999 | 173 | #1,131 |
| 1998 | 165 | #1,143 |
| 1997 | 198 | #984 |
| 1996 | 250 | #813 |
| 1995 | 255 | #779 |
| 1994 | 307 | #685 |
| 1993 | 374 | #612 |
| 1992 | 441 | #534 |
| 1991 | 539 | #457 |
| 1990 | 615 | #415 |
| 1989 | 731 | #351 |
| 1988 | 889 | #280 |
| 1987 | 959 | #263 |
| 1986 | 1,031 | #251 |
| 1985 | 1,224 | #209 |
| 1984 | 1,323 | #202 |
| 1983 | 1,562 | #176 |
| 1982 | 1,875 | #159 |
| 1981 | 2,116 | #134 |
| 1980 | 2,609 | #119 |
| 1979 | 3,210 | #94 |
| 1978 | 3,167 | #94 |
| 1977 | 2,121 | #135 |
| 1976 | 2,489 | #105 |
| 1975 | 2,997 | #97 |
| 1974 | 3,496 | #88 |
| 1973 | 4,010 | #74 |
| 1972 | 5,136 | #56 |
| 1971 | 6,327 | #50 |
| 1970 | 7,440 | #44 |
| 1969 | 8,346 | #41 |
| 1968 | 9,138 | #37 |
| 1967 | 10,767 | #35 |
| 1966 | 11,713 | #34 |
| 1965 | 12,550 | #31 |
| 1964 | 14,081 | #29 |
| 1963 | 15,047 | #24 |
| 1962 | 16,587 | #24 |
| 1961 | 18,301 | #20 |
| 1960 | 19,120 | #17 |
| 1959 | 20,947 | #18 |
| 1958 | 24,119 | #13 |
| 1957 | 22,643 | #16 |
| 1956 | 21,278 | #18 |
| 1955 | 19,111 | #19 |
| 1954 | 15,015 | #22 |
| 1953 | 12,264 | #28 |
| 1952 | 12,201 | #31 |
| 1951 | 11,986 | #30 |
| 1950 | 11,823 | #29 |
| 1949 | 12,007 | #28 |
| 1948 | 13,220 | #25 |
| 1947 | 13,890 | #24 |
| 1946 | 11,526 | #27 |
| 1945 | 8,149 | #32 |
| 1944 | 7,972 | #36 |
| 1943 | 2,878 | #102 |
| 1942 | 591 | #280 |
| 1941 | 442 | #309 |
| 1940 | 284 | #410 |
| 1939 | 289 | #390 |
| 1938 | 397 | #312 |
| 1937 | 145 | #563 |
| 1936 | 94 | #686 |
| 1935 | 99 | #664 |
| 1934 | 76 | #768 |
| 1933 | 60 | #865 |
| 1932 | 49 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 49 | #995 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,144 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,107 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,115 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,422 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,622 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,890 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,871 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,556 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,120 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,208 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
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