Sherrie

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1968 at #4,136
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1962 · 1,534 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
35,148
since 1921

Sherrie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sherrie has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #215, 1962girls
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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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2025#14,9425—
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2022#11,2318—
2021#12,2067—
2020#15,0885—
2019#15,5395—
2018#15,6825—
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2016#9,41111—
2015#10,14810—
2014#14,5586—
2013#11,0009—
2012#11,2579—
2011#9,15012—
2010#9,23112—
2009#11,4599—
2008#10,08411—
2007#8,52014—
2006#9,90111—
2005#13,0107—
2004#8,71612—
2003#6,88516—
2002#4,90624—
2001#5,17422—
2000#4,64925—
1999#4,71823—
1998#3,42635—
1997#3,36534—
1996#3,42933—
1995#3,67029—
1994#2,75244—
1993#2,48950—
1992#2,29557—
1991#1,89474—
1990#1,433110—
1989#1,47199—
1988#1,217123—
1987#931176—
1986#917175—
1985#813201—
1984#652267—
1983#761212—
1982#642278—
1981#706239—
1980#646282—
1979#533356—
1978#543326—
1977#504369—
1976#449431—
1975#406499—
1974#405498—
1973#339645—
1972#327715—
1971#326813—
1970#306926—
1969#2821,007—
1968#2681,012#4,1365
1967#2511,114—
1966#2531,133—
1965#2481,207—
1964#2401,329—
1963#2231,494—
1962#2151,534—
1961#2341,370—
1960#2411,330—
1959#2301,368—
1958#2281,338—
1957#2191,452—
1956#2271,337—
1955#2381,155—
1954#2501,072#3,4526
1953#294788—
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1930#3,6587—
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First appearance
1921

The first year at least five girls were named Sherrie! It came in at #4,023, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1922, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Sherrie is popular in 1981

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #690 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,263 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #764 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,380 girlsMINew York: #1,276 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,476 girlsNYMassachusetts: #598 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,324 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #676 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,979 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #594 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,779 girlsPANew Jersey: #716 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,211 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #879 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 7,882 girlsCAUtah: #473 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,227 girlsUTColorado: #498 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,461 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #628 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,416 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #472 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,757 girlsVAMaryland: #378 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,620 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedDEArizona: #465 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,851 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedARTennessee: #435 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,486 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #571 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,734 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #280 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,631 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #538 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,020 girlsOKLouisiana: #691 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,104 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedALGeorgia: #677 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,803 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedHITexas: #637 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 4,949 girlsTXFlorida: #579 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,508 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#280 · 1 in 1,631
  2. Maryland#378 · 1 in 2,620
  3. Tennessee#435 · 1 in 3,486
  4. Arizona#465 · 1 in 2,851
  5. Virginia#472 · 1 in 3,757

Best ever in a state: #54 in Utah, 1952.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#280111 in 1,631
Maryland#37881 in 2,620
Tennessee#43581 in 3,486
Arizona#46571 in 2,851
Virginia#47281 in 3,757
Utah#47351 in 3,227
Colorado#49861 in 3,461
Oklahoma#53851 in 4,020
North Carolina#57171 in 4,734
Florida#579121 in 4,508
Pennsylvania#594121 in 5,779
Massachusetts#59851 in 6,324
Missouri#62851 in 6,416
Texas#637251 in 4,949
Indiana#67651 in 6,979
Georgia#67761 in 5,803
Illinois#690121 in 6,263
Louisiana#69161 in 5,104
New Jersey#71661 in 6,211
Michigan#76471 in 8,380
California#879231 in 7,882
New York#1,27671 in 14,476
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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 Sherrie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,781 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #14,942)
  • 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #14,942)
  • 4,794 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 335 spots in 1936 (#1,162 → #827)
  • Biggest drop: 286 spots in 1988 (#931 → #1,217)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 1962 at #215 (1,534 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1936–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,282
  • Highest: 1 in 1,282 girls born in 1962 were named Sherrie (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 35.6% of all girls named Sherrie (12,530) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s62#2,339 (1927)#3,608
1930s404#756 (1938)#1,617
1940s3,389#333 (1947)#443
1950s10,382#219 (1957)#265
1960s12,530#215 (1962)#246
1970s5,578#306 (1970)#414
1980s2,052#642 (1982)#876
1990s489#1,433 (1990)#2,947
2000s151#4,649 (2000)#8,330
2010s79#9,150 (2011)#11,775
2020s32#11,231 (2022)#13,126

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.

Sherrie in 1981

girls
#706
239 births · 1 in 6,979 girls

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #706Sherrie239
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 6,979 of them was named Sherrie, which outranked 94.2% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherrie
  1. #700Mackenzie240
  2. #700Susie240
  3. #700Tori240
  4. #706Sherrie239
  5. #706Jason239
  6. #708Mara237
  7. #708Sherita237
  8. #708Tanesha237

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

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,850Tashina#4,743 → #893
  2. ↑ 2,742Krystle#3,215 → #473
  3. ↑ 1,800Tierra#2,342 → #542
  4. ↑ 1,398Martine#2,189 → #791
  5. ↑ 999Nereida#1,981 → #982
Fallers
  1. ↓ 764Kylene#990 → #1,754
  2. ↓ 607Renada#708 → #1,315
  3. ↓ 560Ashanti#822 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 399Renata#336 → #735
  5. ↓ 395Tracee#959 → #1,354

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

See the top 100 for 1981 →