Sherry

#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1962 · 9,223 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
229,937
since 1909

Sherry over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #48, 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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,41023—
2024#6,93216—
2023#5,75221—
2022#3,89338—
2021#4,71928—
2020#3,54642—
2019#3,49944—
2018#3,39646—
2017#2,63566—
2016#3,10053—
2015#2,35178—
2014#2,73963—
2013#2,72663—
2012#2,51672—
2011#2,58969—
2010#2,75264—
2009#2,46577—
2008#2,46277—
2007#2,11795—
2006#2,12791—
2005#2,08889—
2004#1,820104—
2003#1,687113—
2002#1,500126—
2001#1,611114—
2000#1,456126—
1999#1,502114—
1998#1,272142—
1997#1,130166—
1996#1,124161—
1995#926203—
1994#827244—
1993#690313—
1992#707305—
1991#634353#8,2365
1990#581399—
1989#518449#7,9055
1988#423548—
1987#401567#5,4597
1986#354672#5,9266
1985#299822#4,6988
1984#273879#5,5616
1983#256929#4,1419
1982#2421,047#6,3855
1981#2081,266#6,2625
1980#1921,404#4,9407
1979#1751,591#3,56911
1978#1511,825#3,07013
1977#1402,071#4,1648
1976#1112,359#4,9356
1975#953,044#2,90213
1974#893,436#2,94612
1973#763,952#2,12419
1972#704,447#1,96621
1971#605,562#1,78425
1970#605,917#1,69926
1969#556,139#2,04617
1968#526,435#1,61424
1967#517,130#1,65222
1966#536,983#1,51026
1965#567,381#1,62523
1964#508,496#1,54526
1963#499,065#1,54826
1962#489,223#1,25938
1961#538,361#1,68623
1960#548,314#1,58126
1959#587,341#2,03316
1958#676,802#2,09315
1957#557,804#1,63424
1956#547,898#2,01516
1955#567,769#1,72520
1954#627,120#2,7439
1953#705,935#1,83618
1952#685,956#1,74919
1951#705,889#1,59822
1950#625,808#1,70119
1949#685,295#1,61621
1948#615,717#1,37828
1947#675,579#1,55523
1946#734,518#1,64219
1945#1042,676#1,69716
1944#1002,733#1,48321
1943#1232,314#1,83316
1942#1451,818#1,73017
1941#1721,252#2,08312
1940#207857#1,80215
1939#226739#2,05012
1938#245674#2,6468
1937#244648#2,19711
1936#257568#1,63917
1935#288436#2,02913
1934#466191#2,7428
1933#569126#3,2686
1932#587125#2,8498
1931#67398—
1930#73491#2,17813
1929#82274#3,9595
1928#83175#3,6976
1927#81081—
1926#93164#2,9049
1925#90567#4,1975
1924#1,13847#3,0239
1923#1,12946#3,4677
1922#1,23240—
1921#1,27637—
1920#1,70824#4,2865
1919#2,38414—
1918#1,56626—
1917#2,42813—
1916#2,49812—
1915#3,4347—
1914#2,26510—
1913#2,8276—
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First appearance
1909

The first year at least five girls were named Sherry! It came in at #2,208, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1909–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sherry is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Sherry
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,522 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #5,410)
  • 1,864 spots since 2020 (#3,546 → #5,410)
  • 3,059 spots since 2015 (#2,351 → #5,410)
  • Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1925 (#1,138 → #905)
  • Biggest drop: 198 spots in 1996 (#926 → #1,124)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1909
  • Peaked 1962 at #48 (9,223 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1946–1975
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1925–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 213
  • Highest: 1 in 213 girls born in 1963 were named Sherry (0.47%)
  • Latest: 1 in 69,881 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #48 in 1962, was only 1 in 213 (0.47%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 33.7% of all girls named Sherry (77,527) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#2,208 (1909)#2,208
1910s88#1,566 (1918)#2,486
1920s555#810 (1927)#1,078
1930s3,696#226 (1939)#429
1940s32,759#61 (1948)#112
1950s68,322#54 (1956)#62
1960s77,527#48 (1962)#52
1970s34,204#60 (1970)#103
1980s8,583#192 (1980)#317
1990s2,400#581 (1990)#939
2000s1,012#1,456 (2000)#1,933
2010s618#2,351 (2015)#2,830
2020s168#3,546 (2020)#5,042

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.

Sherry in 1909

girls
#2,208
5 births · 1 in 69,446 girls

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #2,208Sherry5
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 69,446 of them was named Sherry, which outranked 13.3% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherry
  1. #1,957Wenonah6
  2. #1,957Wilhelmenia6
  3. #1,957Willette6
  4. #2,208Sherry5
  5. #2,208Adabelle5
  6. #2,208Agapita5
  7. #2,208Agustina5

Tied with 340 names at #2,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

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

See the top 100 for 1909 →