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Baby name
Cheryl
Girl
Origin of the name
Cheryl is a 20th-century name of uncertain origin; it may be linked to Cherie, “darling.”
Short-lived name
439,539births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 13rank at its peak, in 1958
Where babies named Cheryl are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Cheryl is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Cheryl is most common in Rhode Island (2.2 times), Massachusetts (1.7) and North Dakota (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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