Over the past 110 years, 41 boys and 436 847 girls have been named Cheryl. The name Cheryl ranks 7451th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Cheryl in 1955. The peak of popularity of the name Cheryl came in the 1950s and 1960s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.