Sherryl
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #11,783 · Last seen for boys in 1946 at #3,525
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 204 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,104since 1936
Sherryl over time
Rank among girls' names. Sherryl has never cracked the top 500 here.
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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| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | — | |
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
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| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
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| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
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| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,719 | 53 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,871 | 44 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,491 | 58 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,002 | 104 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,273 | 72 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,135 | 87 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,141 | 93 | — | |
| 1963 | #940 | 126 | — | |
| 1962 | #842 | 156 | — | |
| 1961 | #997 | 118 | — | |
| 1960 | #920 | 133 | — | |
| 1959 | #965 | 119 | — | |
| 1958 | #818 | 152 | — | |
| 1957 | #694 | 207 | — | |
| 1956 | #755 | 166 | — | |
| 1955 | #682 | 189 | — | |
| 1954 | #721 | 164 | — | |
| 1953 | #697 | 171 | — | |
| 1952 | #811 | 125 | — | |
| 1951 | #639 | 184 | — | |
| 1950 | #656 | 170 | — | |
| 1949 | #692 | 148 | — | |
| 1948 | #658 | 161 | — | |
| 1947 | #658 | 161 | — | |
| 1946 | #553 | 204 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #613 | 140 | — | |
| 1944 | #747 | 104 | — | |
| 1943 | #922 | 71 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,126 | 49 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,151 | 42 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,413 | 28 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sherryl! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sherryl is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Illinois#629 · 1 in 7,608
- California#979 · 1 in 13,473
- Texas#1,033 · 1 in 13,701
Best ever in a state: #152 in Kansas, 1946.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #629 | 12 | 1 in 7,608 |
| California | #979 | 12 | 1 in 13,473 |
| Texas | #1,033 | 7 | 1 in 13,701 |
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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 Sherryl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
- Biggest jump: 204 spots in 1943 (#1,126 → #922)
- Biggest drop: 201 spots in 1964 (#940 → #1,141)
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1946 at #553 (204 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1943–1963
- Highest: 1 in 7,702 girls born in 1946 were named Sherryl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,091 girls born in 1995 (0.00%)
- 40.1% of all girls named Sherryl (1,647) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 61 | #1,413 (1938) | #2,520 |
| 1940s | 1,108 | #553 (1946) | #856 |
| 1950s | 1,647 | #639 (1951) | #744 |
| 1960s | 991 | #842 (1962) | #1,161 |
| 1970s | 208 | #1,719 (1970) | #4,265 |
| 1980s | 71 | #5,899 (1984) | #7,296 |
| 1990s | 18 | #10,193 (1990) | #11,806 |
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.
Sherryl in 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 20,289 of them was named Sherryl, which outranked 84.9% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,129Lissa88
- #1,129Nilda88
- #1,129Tanja88
- #1,135Sherryl87
- #1,135Bobby87
- #1,135Delois87
- #1,135Evangelina87
- #1,145Alyce86
- #1,145Carie86
- #1,145Catalina86
Tied with 9 names at #1,135; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.