Sherra
- Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122
- Peak · girls
- 1943 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 897since 1937
Sherra over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sherra has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
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| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
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First appearance
1937
The first year at least five girls were named Sherra! It came in at #3,434, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1939–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sherra is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Sherra in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1943 at #1,834 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 1 yr 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 54,755
- Highest: 1 in 54,755 girls born in 1977 were named Sherra (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,390 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,834 in 1943, was only 1 in 63,422 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 22.5% of all girls named Sherra (202) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 17 | #2,730 (1938) | #3,082 |
| 1940s | 135 | #1,834 (1943) | #2,904 |
| 1950s | 164 | #2,378 (1954) | #2,815 |
| 1960s | 181 | #2,474 (1961) | #3,030 |
| 1970s | 202 | #2,577 (1970) | #3,527 |
| 1980s | 163 | #3,360 (1986) | #5,041 |
| 1990s | 35 | #7,303 (1990) | #11,202 |
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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