Sheri

Where Sheri comes from

The dictionaries list Sheri as a given name — a female given name, variant of Sherry — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1928
    First appearance
    #3,743 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1929
    Sheri S. Tepper born
    American science fiction, horror and mystery novelist
  3. 1967
    Peak, #115
    2,959 babies named Sheri — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1970
    Sheri Moon Zombie born
    American actress and fashion designer
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #184.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Sherry.
Namesakes
  • Sheri Moon Zombie · American actress and fashion designer, born 1970
  • Sheri S. Tepper · American science fiction, horror and mystery novelist, 1929–2016
  • Sheri Biggs · American politician, born 1970
  • Sheri Hagen · German actress, born 1968
  • Sheri Holman · novelist, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.