Sheryl

Where Sheryl comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sheryl.

Sheryl through the years
  1. 1921
    First appearance
    #4,023 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1933
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1957
    Peak, #112
    4,133 babies named Sheryl, the most in any year.
  4. 1962
    Sheryl Crow born
    American musician
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #172.
  6. 1969
    Sheryl Sandberg born
    American technology executive, activist, and author
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Cheryl and Shirley.
Namesakes
  • Sheryl Sandberg · American technology executive, activist, and author, born 1969
  • Sheryl Crow · American musician, born 1962
  • Sheryl Lee · American actress, born 1967
  • Sheryl Swoopes · American basketball player, born 1971
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph · American actress and singer, born 1956

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.