The first name Cheryl

In 2025, 5 girls were named Cheryl, making it the 4,201st most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2009, with 39 births (#865).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Cheryl with other names.

In 2025, 32 girls born in the United States were named Cheryl, the 4,376th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1958, when 24,119 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Cheryl
  British singer, dancer, and television presenter, born 1983
• Cheryl Hines
  American actress, born 1965
• Cheryl Ladd
  American actress, singer, and author, born 1951
• Cheryl Strayed
  American writer, born 1968
• Cheryl Dunye
  American actress and director (born 1966)
• Cheryl Miller
  American basketball player and coach (born 1964)
• Cheryl Lynn
  American singer, born 1957
• Cheryl Studer
  American dramatic soprano, born 1955
• Cheryl Gillan
  British politician (1952–2021)
• Cheryl Ford
  American basketball player (born 1981)
• Cheryl Campbell
  British actress, born 1949
• Cheryl Bernard
  Canadian curler, born 1966

What does the name Cheryl mean?

Coined in the early 20th century, possibly a blend of Cherie or Cherry and Beryl. (See cher for the etymology of Cherie.)

How popular is the name Cheryl?

In 2025, 5 girls born in England and Wales were named Cheryl, ranking 4,201st. Its peak was 2009, with 39 births.

Is Cheryl a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 440,517 US babies named Cheryl since 1880 were girls.

When was Cheryl most popular?

1958 in the United States, when 24,119 babies were named Cheryl, its highest rank at 13th.

How do you pronounce Cheryl?

Cheryl is /ˈʃɛɹəl/, 2 syllables.

What are other spellings of Cheryl?

Sheryl.