Sheril

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #10,569 · Last seen for boys in 1933 at #3,642
Given to girls 99.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,637
1956 · 42 births
Debut · girls
1935
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
704
since 1935

Sheril over time

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Rank among girls' names. Sheril has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #1,637, 1956girls
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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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First appearance
1935

The first year at least five girls were named Sheril! It came in at #3,431, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1936–1943, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sheril is popular in 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,431 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 29,019 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedNEMissouri: #634 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,214 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Sheril, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Missouri#634 · 1 in 8,214
  2. California#1,431 · 1 in 29,019

Best ever in a state: #634 in Missouri, 1963.

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See more about Sheril
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1935
  • Peaked 1956 at #1,637 (42 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 40,316
  • Highest: 1 in 40,316 girls born in 1964 were named Sheril (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 255,108 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,637 in 1956, was only 1 in 47,802 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 40.2% of all girls named Sheril (283) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s7#3,431 (1935)#3,431
1940s74#2,701 (1948)#3,504
1950s256#1,637 (1956)#2,302
1960s283#1,686 (1964)#2,414
1970s60#4,091 (1972)#5,646
1980s17#9,144 (1984)#9,694
1990s7#10,569 (1994)#10,569

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.

Sheril in 1963

girls
#1,787
42 births · 1 in 45,893 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #1,787Sheril42
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 45,893 of them was named Sheril, which outranked 76.7% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sheril
  1. #1,754Sammie43
  2. #1,754Tessa43
  3. #1,754Tessie43
  4. #1,787Sheril42
  5. #1,787Adelina42
  6. #1,787Andree42
  7. #1,787Arlette42
  8. #1,815Alisia41
  9. #1,815Alta41
  10. #1,815Carrol41

Tied with 27 names at #1,787; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →