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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
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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—
1953#309713—
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1951#367483—
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1948#415364—
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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 1983

  • 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: #371 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,479 girlsWAIdaho: #215 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,063 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #392 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,495 girlsMNIllinois: #472 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,639 girlsILWisconsin: #271 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,033 girlsWIMichigan: #448 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,946 girlsMINew York: #481 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,429 girlsNYMassachusetts: #273 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,932 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedIAIndiana: #374 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,073 girlsINOhio: #446 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,051 girlsOHPennsylvania: #429 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,775 girlsPANew Jersey: #349 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,550 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #448 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 2,888 girlsCAUtah: #304 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,713 girlsUTColorado: #443 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,116 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNEMissouri: #570 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,320 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedWVVirginia: #364 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,798 girlsVAMaryland: #465 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,755 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedDEArizona: #386 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,264 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNMKansas: #326 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,220 girlsKSArkansas: #304 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,850 girlsARTennessee: #414 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,449 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #624 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,561 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #560 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,364 girlsOKLouisiana: #258 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,465 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedMSAlabama: #384 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,720 girlsALGeorgia: #399 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,925 girlsGAHawaii: #277 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,076 girlsHITexas: #591 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 4,582 girlsTXFlorida: #313 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,102 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#215 · 1 in 1,063
  2. Louisiana#258 · 1 in 1,465
  3. Wisconsin#271 · 1 in 2,033
  4. Massachusetts#273 · 1 in 1,932
  5. Hawaii#277 · 1 in 1,076

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#21561 in 1,063
Louisiana#258211 in 1,465
Wisconsin#271151 in 2,033
Massachusetts#273171 in 1,932
Hawaii#27751 in 1,076
Arkansas#30471 in 1,850
Utah#30491 in 1,713
Florida#313281 in 2,102
Kansas#32671 in 2,220
New Jersey#349151 in 2,550
Virginia#364111 in 2,798
Washington#371111 in 2,479
Indiana#374111 in 3,073
Alabama#38481 in 2,720
Arizona#38691 in 2,264
Minnesota#39281 in 3,495
Georgia#399121 in 2,925
Tennessee#41481 in 3,449
Pennsylvania#429181 in 3,775
Colorado#44371 in 3,116
Ohio#446171 in 4,051
California#448651 in 2,888
Michigan#448141 in 3,946
Maryland#46561 in 3,755
Illinois#472201 in 3,639
New York#481301 in 3,429
Oklahoma#56051 in 4,364
Missouri#57061 in 5,320
Texas#591281 in 4,582
North Carolina#62461 in 5,561
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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 1983

girls
#438
480 births · 1 in 3,480 girls

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #438Sheri480
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 3,480 of them was named Sheri, which outranked 96.4% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sheri
  1. #434Rosanna488
  2. #436Breanna483
  3. #436Genevieve483
  4. #438Sheri480
  5. #438Josephine480
  6. #440Adrian479
  7. #441Mia470
  8. #442Joni465

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

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

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

See the top 100 for 1983 →