Sherma

Peak · girls
1936 · 16 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
319
since 1923

Sherma over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,950, 1936girls
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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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1964#5,0088
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1962#4,8658
1961#5,8516
1960#5,6966
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1958#4,1939
1957#3,69611
1956#2,92916
1955#4,0699
1954#3,9679
1953#3,10613
1952#4,9086
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1950#3,6629
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1943#3,8017
1942#2,53713
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1940#3,5037
1939#3,1458
1938#3,8476
1937#2,73510
1936#1,95016
1935#2,57511
1934#3,1598
1933#2,8689
1932#4,4115
1931#2,9729
1930#2,69011
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1923#4,9675
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First appearance
1923

The first year at least five girls were named Sherma! It came in at #4,967, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1923–1927, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sherma is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Sherma in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Sherma
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1923
  • Peaked 1936 at #1,950 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1938, 2 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 65,024
  • Highest: 1 in 65,024 girls born in 1936 were named Sherma (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 236,857 girls born in 1964 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 29.2% of all girls named Sherma (93) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s16#4,195 (1928)#4,712
1930s93#1,950 (1936)#3,035
1940s90#2,027 (1944)#3,342
1950s92#2,929 (1956)#3,779
1960s28#4,865 (1962)#5,355

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.

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