Sherill
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · Last seen for boys in 1957 at #3,552
Given to girls 94.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1947 · 42 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,019since 1934
Sherill over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
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| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | — | |
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
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| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,643 | 44 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,121 | 27 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,538 | 26 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sherill! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1990, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sherill is popular in 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#1,124 · 1 in 20,372
Best ever in a state: #644 in California, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #1,124 | 8 | 1 in 20,372 |
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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 Sherill
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1947 at #1,438 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 40,457 girls born in 1954 were named Sherill (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,151 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,438 in 1947, was only 1 in 42,209 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.3% of all girls named Sherill (319) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1933, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 63 | #2,113 (1938) | #2,934 |
| 1940s | 252 | #1,438 (1947) | #1,813 |
| 1950s | 319 | #1,444 (1954) | #1,877 |
| 1960s | 245 | #1,838 (1961) | #2,598 |
| 1970s | 107 | #3,789 (1971) | #5,518 |
| 1980s | 21 | #9,237 (1982) | #10,116 |
| 1990s | 12 | #10,271 (1991) | #11,851 |
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.
Sherill in 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 60,958 of them was named Sherill, which outranked 72.9% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,872Tracye34
- #1,872Verla34
- #1,872Zandra34
- #1,908Sherill33
- #1,908Adelaide33
- #1,908Arletta33
- #1,908Berlinda33
- #1,939Alvina32
- #1,939Apryl32
- #1,939Ardith32
Tied with 30 names at #1,908; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.