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Is Cheryl a Male or Female Name?

Cheryl is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Cheryl globally is 0.1% males and 99.9% females. The country with the highest male ratio is France with 2.6% and the country with the highest female ratio is Canada with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Cheryl in percentages: Globally: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, United States: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, United Kingdom: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Canada: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, Australia: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, South Africa: 0.5% males, 99.5% females, Philippines: 0.4% males, 99.6% females, Singapore: 0.6% males, 99.4% females, St. Lucia: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, Malaysia: 0.7% males, 99.3% females, Netherlands: 0.7% males, 99.3% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Cheryl are 65+ years old, making up 60.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Cheryl in each age group: 18-24: 1.4%, 25-34: 2.8%, 35-44: 4.1%, 45-54: 6.9%, 55-64: 24.3%, 65+: 60.5%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Cheryl is St. Lucia with 0.1547% of the population. Following is United States and Canada.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Cheryl measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Cheryl year over year: 1956: 0.0958‰, 1957: 0.0907‰, 1958: 0.0997‰, 1959: 0.0844‰, 1960: 0.0517‰, 1961: 0.0593‰, 1962: 0.0531‰, 1963: 0.0414‰, 1964: 0.0352‰, 1965: 0.0315‰, 1966: 0.0278‰, 1967: 0.0243‰, 1968: 0.0216‰, 1969: 0.0179‰, 1970: 0.0134‰, 1971: 0.0158‰, 1972: 0.0109‰, 1973: 0.011‰, 1974: 0.0088‰, 1975: 0.0078‰, 1976: 0.0073‰, 1977: 0.0062‰, 1978: 0.0082‰, 1979: 0.009‰, 1980: 0.006‰, 1981: 0.0072‰, 1982: 0.0062‰, 1983: 0.0067‰, 1984: 0.006‰, 1985: 0.0054‰, 1986: 0.0048‰, 1987: 0.0053‰, 1988: 0.0051‰, 1989: 0.005‰, 1990: 0.0041‰, 1991: 0.0042‰, 1992: 0.0047‰, 1993: 0.0034‰, 1994: 0.0028‰, 1995: 0.0024‰, 1996: 0.0023‰, 1997: 0.0021‰, 1998: 0.0046‰, 1999: 0.003‰, 2000: 0.0022‰

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