Cheryl
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Modern English name, probably from Cherie/Cherry; ultimate origin uncertain
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʃɛɹəl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Cheryl is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 89th most common given name.
- CACanada≈1 in 577(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 578
- SGSingapore≈1 in 598
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Cheryl itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #201 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 607 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 577 (inferred from the name graph)
372,341 people, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Canada, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Sheryl in PH Philippines.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Modern English name, probably from Cherie/Cherry; ultimate origin uncertain.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Cheryl, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Cheryl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #89 | 372,341 | 1 in 893 | 372K | Cheryl | 607 |
| GB United Kingdom | #112 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 607 | 14 | Cheryl | 318 |
| PH Philippines | #83 | ≈87,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 53K | Sheryl | 142 |
| CA Canada | #72 | ≈65,000 est. | ≈1 in 577 | 1 | Cheryl | 289 |
| EG Egypt | #600 | ≈60,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Cheryl | 29 |
| AU Australia | #110 | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 679 | 101 | Cheryl | 231 |
| SG Singapore | #30 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 598 | — | Cheryl | 150 |
| NZ New Zealand | #82 | ≈8,500 est. | ≈1 in 578 | 10 | Cheryl | 127 |
372,341 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Cheryl is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A female given name originating as a coinage.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Forme anglo-saxonne de Charlotte; origine germanique, signifie « virile ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Amada
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
English: not found before the 1920s, and not common until the 1940s. It seems to be an artificial creation, perhaps the result of a crossing of CHERRY with BERYL .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Cherb. 1946USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer, actress and television personality (born 1946)
- Cheryl Tiegsb. 1947USAmerican model
- Gates McFaddenb. 1949USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and choreographer
- Cheryl Laddb. 1951USAmerican actress, singer, and author
- Cheryl Lynnb. 1957USAmerican singer
- Cheryl Millerb. 1964USAmerican basketball player and coach (born 1964)
- Cheryl Hinesb. 1965USAmerican actress
- Cheryl Bernardb. 1966CACanadian curler
- Cheryl Dunyeb. 1966USAmerican actress and director (born 1966)
- Cheryl Coleb. 1983GBBritish singer, dancer, and television presenter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 70 sources across 43 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 372K | #130 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 257 | #130 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1972 | 101 | #94 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1973 | 51 | — |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1973 | 51 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 32 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1990 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 7 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 6 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2012 | 3 | #815 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1989 | 3 | — |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 1 | #2,418 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Cheryl?
- In the etymology graph, Sheryl, Carina and Cara are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Cheryl a male or female name?
- Cheryl is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Cheryl?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃɛɹəl/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Cheryl mean, and where does it come from?
- Modern English name, probably from Cherie/Cherry; ultimate origin uncertain. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- In which country does Cheryl have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 372 thousand people named Cheryl, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cheryl.
- How common is the name Cheryl?
- In the United States, the national register counted 372,341 people named Cheryl in 2020, about 1 in 893 residents.
- How common is Cheryl compared with other names?
- In the United States, Cheryl is the 89th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Cheryl?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/cherylThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cheryl” — the 89th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.