Sherrill

Last seen for girls in 1997 at #9,802 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 78.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1944 · 263 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,932
since 1915

Sherrill over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #448, 1944peak #688, 1936girlsboys
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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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1991#5,94915#8,2365
1990#7,30311—
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1979#3,07827#6,0565
1978#3,19624—
1977#2,83828#5,8455
1976#3,40720—
1975#2,61229#3,24611
1974#2,39632#5,2275
1973#2,26734#3,22310
1972#1,69852#4,9865
1971#1,93744#2,97311
1970#1,50566#3,07110
1969#1,48063#3,0629
1968#1,25876#2,10915
1967#1,31669#2,03015
1966#1,29170#2,21613
1965#1,048100#2,08415
1964#955121#2,20514
1963#929129#1,83919
1962#900138#2,50411
1961#831160#1,68623
1960#789168#1,65824
1959#741188#1,75921
1958#737181#1,32134
1957#680211#1,58325
1956#633229#1,33533
1955#607232#1,39630
1954#647203#1,55924
1953#597219#1,40829
1952#658182#1,19538
1951#579218#1,21836
1950#540233#1,16838
1949#528244#1,14438
1948#488273#1,03746
1947#487284#1,01450
1946#492250#95249
1945#510206#92748
1944#448263#86154
1943#519207#77371
1942#522202#81263
1941#507186#80761
1940#486197#86253
1939#537153#82954
1938#586138#82556
1937#657107#84552
1936#567133#68874
1935#68495#80359
1934#94853#1,07737
1933#1,15837#1,02839
1932#1,87718#87453
1931#1,75020#95947
1930#3,0559#1,19035
1929#2,58712#1,23732
1928#4,1956#1,32330
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1926#4,3066#1,78719
1925#3,11610#1,49325
1924—#1,53225
1923#4,9675#1,81619
1922—#1,69521
1921—#1,90418
1920—#2,60211
1919—#1,97316
1918—#1,64821
1917—#1,69319
1916#4,4175#1,77117
1915#4,2745#2,31011
1914—#1,86812
1913—#2,2737
1912—#1,26814
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Sherrill! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1924, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sherrill is popular in 1962

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedMNIllinois: #670 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,352 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedWIMichigan: #780 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,680 girlsMINew York: #878 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 14,852 girlsNYMassachusetts: #549 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,273 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedINOhio: #937 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,693 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #912 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 13,345 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedWVVirginia: #607 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,047 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedARTennessee: #511 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,933 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedMSAlabama: #542 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,558 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrill, so not publishedTXFlorida: #507 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,473 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#507 · 1 in 4,473
  2. Tennessee#511 · 1 in 5,933
  3. Alabama#542 · 1 in 5,558
  4. Massachusetts#549 · 1 in 10,273
  5. Virginia#607 · 1 in 8,047

Best ever in a state: #138 in Nebraska, 1944.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#507111 in 4,473
Tennessee#51161 in 5,933
Alabama#54261 in 5,558
Massachusetts#54951 in 10,273
Virginia#60751 in 8,047
Illinois#670111 in 9,352
Michigan#78061 in 13,680
New York#878111 in 14,852
California#912131 in 13,345
Ohio#93751 in 19,693
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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 Sherrill
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
  • Biggest jump: 264 spots in 1935 (#948 → #684)
  • Biggest drop: 93 spots in 1965 (#955 → #1,048)
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1944 at #448 (263 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1934–1964
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,046
  • Highest: 1 in 5,046 girls born in 1944 were named Sherrill (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 217,589 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 33.4% of all girls named Sherrill (2,312) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1934
  • Mostly boys until 1933, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s10#4,274 (1915)#4,346
1920s39#2,587 (1929)#3,834
1930s763#537 (1939)#1,182
1940s2,312#448 (1944)#499
1950s2,096#540 (1950)#642
1960s1,094#789 (1960)#1,080
1970s356#1,505 (1970)#2,493
1980s206#2,800 (1980)#4,309
1990s56#5,949 (1991)#9,180

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.

Sherrill in 1962

girls
#900
138 births · 1 in 14,251 girls
boys
#2,504
11 births · 1 in 188,070 boys

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #900Sherrill138

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #2,504Sherrill11
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 14,251 of them was named Sherrill, which outranked 88.1% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherrill
  1. #897Daria139
  2. #897Jacki139
  3. #897Reva139
  4. #900Sherrill138
  5. #900Kyle138
  6. #902Dottie137
  7. #902Venita137
  8. #904Debbra136

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

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,281Tiffany#2,070 → #789
  2. ↑ 879Whitney#1,627 → #748
  3. ↑ 541Zina#1,533 → #992
  4. ↑ 414Glynis#1,406 → #992
  5. ↑ 408Lolita#978 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 300Fern#821 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 259Jacklyn#815 → #1,074
  3. ↓ 255Dorthy#929 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 224Laurene#943 → #1,167
  5. ↓ 215Jimmie#911 → #1,126

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

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 188,070 of them was named Sherrill, which outranked 45.9% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherrill
  1. #2,364Young12
  2. #2,364Zenon12
  3. #2,364Zev12
  4. #2,504Sherrill11
  5. #2,504Abdul11
  6. #2,504Abelino11
  7. #2,504Aden11
  8. #2,673Aldon10
  9. #2,673Almon10
  10. #2,673Alpha10

Tied with 168 names at #2,504; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 490Ritchie#1,262 → #772
  2. ↑ 353King#1,349 → #996
  3. ↑ 338Arlie#1,322 → #984
  4. ↑ 250Robb#1,052 → #802
  5. ↑ 243Pernell#928 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Mariano#928 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 349Michal#910 → #1,259
  3. ↓ 337Loran#958 → #1,295
  4. ↓ 292Sid#967 → #1,259
  5. ↓ 275Lorenza#940 → #1,215

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →