Sherri

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1963 · 5,460 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
7 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
83,667
since 1924

Sherri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #78, 1963girls
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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#8,36212—
2024#8,44312—
2023#13,4626—
2022#9,05611—
2021#8,02413—
2020#10,2509—
2019#9,73610—
2018#7,10016—
2017#9,34111—
2016#7,23016—
2015#8,44713—
2014#10,12910—
2013#7,74815—
2012#11,2579—
2011#8,19614—
2010#7,51316—
2009#7,06618—
2008#6,55920—
2007#6,09322—
2006#6,59219—
2005#5,80021—
2004#4,38731—
2003#4,53628—
2002#3,81034—
2001#4,02531—
2000#2,97447—
1999#3,37437—
1998#3,35336—
1997#2,59049—
1996#2,28258—
1995#2,18961—
1994#1,72885—
1993#1,397116—
1992#1,294131—
1991#1,184147—
1990#919208—
1989#830229—
1988#725258—
1987#541372—
1986#501424—
1985#441494—
1984#387567—
1983#396554—
1982#371622—
1981#363646—
1980#290855#6,2505
1979#286852#6,0565
1978#264889—
1977#2311,080—
1976#2161,144#4,9356
1975#1961,272#5,4645
1974#1661,621#4,6346
1973#1491,852#2,71613
1972#1292,349#2,99111
1971#1232,860#2,97311
1970#1223,165#2,73912
1969#1063,529#2,54912
1968#943,641#2,57611
1967#893,841#2,7609
1966#923,747#2,62710
1965#914,065#2,61710
1964#864,871#2,11415
1963#785,460#2,41412
1962#825,363#4,0335
1961#1213,807#2,53811
1960#1363,309#3,3377
1959#1472,870—
1958#1592,472—
1957#1712,247—
1956#1772,033—
1955#1981,598—
1954#2091,471—
1953#1961,583—
1952#306691—
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1950#370469—
1949#402394—
1948#392407—
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1940#1,18638—
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First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Sherri! It came in at #4,434, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1925–1933, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Sherri is popular in 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedNHWashington: #204 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,359 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #397 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,498 girlsMNIllinois: #332 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,532 girlsILWisconsin: #355 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,313 girlsWIMichigan: #392 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,194 girlsMINew York: #415 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 5,571 girlsNYMassachusetts: #456 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,799 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedRIOregon: #173 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,022 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedSDIowa: #286 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,155 girlsIAIndiana: #271 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,686 girlsINOhio: #355 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,505 girlsOHPennsylvania: #381 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 5,413 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #269 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 1,946 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedUTColorado: #210 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,304 girlsCONebraska: #191 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,497 girlsNEMissouri: #335 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,731 girlsMOKentucky: #499 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,259 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedWVVirginia: #516 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,450 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #231 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,171 girlsNMKansas: #193 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,418 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #188 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,214 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedMSAlabama: #452 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,615 girlsALGeorgia: #560 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,738 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedHITexas: #463 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,988 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Sherri, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#173 · 1 in 1,022
  2. Oklahoma#188 · 1 in 1,214
  3. Nebraska#191 · 1 in 1,497
  4. Kansas#193 · 1 in 1,418
  5. Washington#204 · 1 in 1,359

Best ever in a state: #35 in Oklahoma, 1961.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#173151 in 1,022
Oklahoma#188191 in 1,214
Nebraska#19191 in 1,497
Kansas#193131 in 1,418
Washington#204191 in 1,359
Colorado#210111 in 1,304
New Mexico#23171 in 1,171
California#269581 in 1,946
Indiana#271161 in 2,686
Iowa#28691 in 3,155
Illinois#332251 in 3,532
Missouri#335111 in 3,731
Ohio#355201 in 4,505
Wisconsin#35571 in 5,313
Pennsylvania#381211 in 5,413
Michigan#392141 in 5,194
Minnesota#39761 in 5,498
New York#415271 in 5,571
Alabama#45271 in 5,615
Massachusetts#45651 in 9,799
Texas#463231 in 3,988
Kentucky#49951 in 7,259
Virginia#51651 in 7,450
Georgia#56051 in 8,738
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See more about Sherri
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 81 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #8,362)
  • 1,888 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #8,362)
  • 85 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 356 spots in 1941 (#1,186 → #830)
  • Biggest drop: 265 spots in 1991 (#919 → #1,184)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 1963 at #78 (5,460 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 7 yrs · run 1962–1968
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1941–1990
Share of babies · girls
1 in 353
  • Highest: 1 in 353 girls born in 1963 were named Sherri (0.28%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 49.8% of all girls named Sherri (41,633) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#4,434 (1924)#4,434
1930s102#1,401 (1939)#2,143
1940s2,325#392 (1948)#598
1950s16,104#147 (1959)#223
1960s41,633#78 (1963)#98
1970s17,084#122 (1970)#188
1980s5,021#290 (1980)#485
1990s928#919 (1990)#2,031
2000s271#2,974 (2000)#5,184
2010s130#7,100 (2018)#8,670
2020s63#8,024 (2021)#9,600

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.

Sherri in 1947

girls
#398
410 births · 1 in 4,324 girls

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #398Sherri410
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 4,324 of them was named Sherri, which outranked 93.5% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherri
  1. #395Genevieve411
  2. #395Lenora411
  3. #395Lila411
  4. #398Sherri410
  5. #398Therese410
  6. #400Lenore408
  7. #401Earlene407
  8. #401Lorene407

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

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →