Is Cheryll a boy or girl name?

Cheryll is a girl’s name. Of the 2,628 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Cheryll

Recorded 1934–1989 · United States

Cheryll was most popular in 1955, when 162 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,299 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,628 people named Cheryll.

Cheryll over time

Births per year. The dot marks Cheryll’s peak in 1955. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Cheryll a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Cheryll is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,628 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Cheryll

Where Cheryll is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org