Sheri

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 1975 at #3,941
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1967 · 2,959 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
60,464
since 1928

Sheri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sheri has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #115, 1967girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#13,2086—
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2023#8,98911—
2022#12,2437—
2021#10,2929—
2020#13,4536—
2019#11,3568—
2018#9,15111—
2017#11,6158—
2016#12,8767—
2015#10,8669—
2014#10,9559—
2013#9,03612—
2012#7,14417—
2011#13,3477—
2010#9,79011—
2009#11,4599—
2008#6,55920—
2007#12,6768—
2006#6,84018—
2005#7,13816—
2004#5,37723—
2003#5,58621—
2002#4,90624—
2001#3,86433—
2000#4,29128—
1999#4,20127—
1998#3,91429—
1997#3,10538—
1996#2,71445—
1995#2,24459—
1994#1,78681—
1993#1,538101—
1992#1,431113—
1991#1,205143—
1990#1,008180—
1989#948187—
1988#729257—
1987#624308—
1986#530385—
1985#457470—
1984#412517—
1983#438480—
1982#425515—
1981#376618—
1980#341708—
1979#318755—
1978#271852—
1977#251983—
1976#2211,094—
1975#2141,151#3,9418
1974#1841,428—
1973#1651,667#5,1015
1972#1471,923#3,3449
1971#1512,144#3,6588
1970#1402,400#2,73912
1969#1322,601#3,0629
1968#1192,718#2,31113
1967#1152,959#3,5596
1966#1342,720#3,9485
1965#1412,629#2,9828
1964#1382,920—
1963#1363,094#2,30013
1962#1452,988—
1961#1682,488—
1960#1792,210#3,6656
1959#1921,846#3,2907
1958#2031,600—
1957#2101,588—
1956#1951,716#3,9425
1955#2421,144—
1954#277935—
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1948#415364—
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1940#1,21836—
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1938#1,59623—
1937#1,84518—
1936#1,54923—
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First appearance
1928

The first year at least five girls were named Sheri! It came in at #3,743, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1929–1934, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sheri is popular in 1944

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNHWashington: #310 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,682 girlsWAIdaho: #170 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 922 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedMNIllinois: #417 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,279 girlsILWisconsin: #353 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,329 girlsWIMichigan: #462 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,229 girlsMINew York: #644 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,184 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedRIOregon: #252 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,991 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedSDIowa: #310 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,360 girlsIAIndiana: #309 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,419 girlsINOhio: #601 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,973 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #392 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,802 girlsCAUtah: #228 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,320 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedCONebraska: #215 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,675 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNMKansas: #281 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,400 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedHITexas: #594 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,822 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#170 · 1 in 922
  2. Nebraska#215 · 1 in 1,675
  3. Utah#228 · 1 in 1,320
  4. Oregon#252 · 1 in 1,991
  5. Kansas#281 · 1 in 2,400

Best ever in a state: #55 in Utah, 1963.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#17051 in 922
Nebraska#21561 in 1,675
Utah#22851 in 1,320
Oregon#25251 in 1,991
Kansas#28161 in 2,400
Indiana#30991 in 3,419
Iowa#31061 in 3,360
Washington#31071 in 2,682
Wisconsin#35351 in 5,329
California#392211 in 3,802
Illinois#417121 in 5,279
Michigan#46271 in 7,229
Texas#594131 in 5,822
Ohio#60151 in 11,973
New York#64481 in 13,184
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sheri
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 245 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #13,208)
  • 2,342 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 331 spots in 1941 (#1,218 → #887)
  • Biggest drop: 219 spots in 1989 (#729 → #948)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1928
  • Peaked 1967 at #115 (2,959 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 49 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1941–1989
Share of babies · girls
1 in 558
  • Highest: 1 in 558 girls born in 1967 were named Sheri (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 45.2% of all girls named Sheri (27,327) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s12#3,743 (1928)#4,157
1930s121#1,091 (1939)#1,657
1940s2,035#415 (1948)#633
1950s10,973#192 (1959)#275
1960s27,327#115 (1967)#141
1970s14,397#140 (1970)#206
1980s4,445#341 (1980)#528
1990s816#1,008 (1990)#2,315
2000s200#3,864 (2001)#6,870
2010s99#7,144 (2012)#10,614
2020s39#8,989 (2023)#11,637

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sheri in 1944

girls
#585
157 births · 1 in 8,454 girls

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #585Sheri157
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 8,454 of them was named Sheri, which outranked 88.8% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sheri
  1. #582Darleen158
  2. #582Kristine158
  3. #582Sharen158
  4. #585Sheri157
  5. #585Doretha157
  6. #585Ester157
  7. #585Laraine157
  8. #589Sammie156
  9. #590Marilee155
  10. #590Minerva155

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,229Dorinda#1,834 → #605
  2. ↑ 611Deirdre#1,556 → #945
  3. ↑ 504Alana#1,251 → #747
  4. ↑ 460Elyse#1,327 → #867
  5. ↑ 407Joella#1,395 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 613Michal#996 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 493Aloma#762 → #1,255
  3. ↓ 448Louvenia#916 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 347Norine#889 → #1,236
  5. ↓ 341Lyla#864 → #1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1944 →