Sheryl
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · Last seen for boys in 1973 at #4,505
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 4,133 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 78,826since 1921
Sheryl over time
Rank among girls' names. Sheryl has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,300 | 24 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,632 | 30 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,584 | 45 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,953 | 28 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,224 | 47 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,840 | 54 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,703 | 35 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,675 | 52 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,846 | 46 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,450 | 53 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,282 | 58 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,006 | 68 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,929 | 73 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,679 | 89 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,761 | 83 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,453 | 109 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,347 | 118 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,199 | 135 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,048 | 153 | — | |
| 1987 | #935 | 175 | — | |
| 1986 | #841 | 198 | — | |
| 1985 | #822 | 198 | — | |
| 1984 | #741 | 220 | — | |
| 1983 | #748 | 218 | — | |
| 1982 | #599 | 300 | — | |
| 1981 | #580 | 319 | — | |
| 1980 | #529 | 357 | — | |
| 1979 | #491 | 412 | — | |
| 1978 | #445 | 445 | — | |
| 1977 | #493 | 386 | — | |
| 1976 | #438 | 452 | — | |
| 1975 | #362 | 575 | — | |
| 1974 | #328 | 675 | — | |
| 1973 | #295 | 795 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #273 | 953 | — | |
| 1971 | #246 | 1,192 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #214 | 1,471 | — | |
| 1969 | #186 | 1,704 | — | |
| 1968 | #172 | 1,885 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #154 | 2,241 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #158 | 2,211 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #147 | 2,535 | — | |
| 1964 | #135 | 2,957 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #135 | 3,105 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #134 | 3,240 | — | |
| 1961 | #140 | 3,125 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #142 | 3,055 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #128 | 3,540 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #121 | 3,792 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #112 | 4,133 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #114 | 3,891 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #125 | 3,412 | — | |
| 1954 | #133 | 2,930 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #148 | 2,400 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #151 | 2,242 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #161 | 1,934 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #145 | 2,110 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #148 | 1,971 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #144 | 2,008 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #163 | 1,835 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #165 | 1,632 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #194 | 1,055 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #207 | 950 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #287 | 588 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #399 | 324 | — | |
| 1941 | #499 | 195 | — | |
| 1940 | #554 | 155 | — | |
| 1939 | #577 | 135 | — | |
| 1938 | #549 | 154 | — | |
| 1937 | #778 | 77 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #901 | 57 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,292 | 31 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 | — | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
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| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sheryl! 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 Sheryl is popular in 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#50 · 1 in 235
- South Dakota#58 · 1 in 260
- Kansas#59 · 1 in 260
- Nebraska#72 · 1 in 329
- Idaho#100 · 1 in 402
Best ever in a state: #39 in Iowa, 1944.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #50 | 121 | 1 in 235 |
| South Dakota | #58 | 25 | 1 in 260 |
| Kansas | #59 | 71 | 1 in 260 |
| Nebraska | #72 | 41 | 1 in 329 |
| Idaho | #100 | 15 | 1 in 402 |
| North Dakota | #105 | 14 | 1 in 495 |
| Montana | #106 | 13 | 1 in 440 |
| Minnesota | #108 | 59 | 1 in 559 |
| Indiana | #110 | 71 | 1 in 605 |
| Washington | #110 | 51 | 1 in 506 |
| Colorado | #113 | 29 | 1 in 495 |
| Missouri | #113 | 64 | 1 in 641 |
| Oregon | #114 | 28 | 1 in 547 |
| Oklahoma | #120 | 35 | 1 in 659 |
| Utah | #122 | 16 | 1 in 540 |
| Michigan | #125 | 99 | 1 in 734 |
| Illinois | #126 | 120 | 1 in 736 |
| Maine | #131 | 15 | 1 in 667 |
| Ohio | #137 | 103 | 1 in 875 |
| Wisconsin | #137 | 40 | 1 in 930 |
| California | #145 | 156 | 1 in 724 |
| Louisiana | #155 | 45 | 1 in 731 |
| Florida | #157 | 36 | 1 in 753 |
| Massachusetts | #159 | 38 | 1 in 1,289 |
| District of Columbia | #169 | 13 | 1 in 901 |
| Pennsylvania | #172 | 94 | 1 in 1,209 |
| Rhode Island | #184 | 5 | 1 in 1,589 |
| New York | #191 | 124 | 1 in 1,213 |
| Georgia | #205 | 38 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Connecticut | #214 | 10 | 1 in 1,944 |
| Arizona | #221 | 8 | 1 in 1,047 |
| New Jersey | #231 | 23 | 1 in 2,018 |
| Alabama | #253 | 22 | 1 in 1,787 |
| Texas | #254 | 61 | 1 in 1,503 |
| Virginia | #262 | 18 | 1 in 2,069 |
| New Mexico | #278 | 5 | 1 in 1,639 |
| West Virginia | #279 | 10 | 1 in 2,504 |
| Mississippi | #294 | 14 | 1 in 2,072 |
| Kentucky | #300 | 13 | 1 in 2,792 |
| South Carolina | #300 | 12 | 1 in 2,360 |
| North Carolina | #309 | 20 | 1 in 2,620 |
| Tennessee | #332 | 12 | 1 in 3,345 |
| Arkansas | #371 | 7 | 1 in 3,338 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Sheryl
- 2,585 spots since 2024 (#5,300 → #7,885)
- 521 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #7,885)
- 908 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #7,885)
- Biggest jump: 363 spots in 1936 (#1,264 → #901)
- Biggest drop: 149 spots in 1983 (#599 → #748)
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1957 at #112 (4,133 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1936–1987
- Highest: 1 in 495 girls born in 1957 were named Sheryl (0.20%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.5% of all girls named Sheryl (30,384) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 61 | #2,954 (1928) | #3,785 |
| 1930s | 527 | #549 (1938) | #1,539 |
| 1940s | 10,713 | #144 (1948) | #276 |
| 1950s | 30,384 | #112 (1957) | #134 |
| 1960s | 26,058 | #134 (1962) | #150 |
| 1970s | 7,356 | #214 (1970) | #359 |
| 1980s | 2,273 | #529 (1980) | #804 |
| 1990s | 749 | #1,347 (1990) | #2,043 |
| 2000s | 361 | #2,840 (2003) | #4,152 |
| 2010s | 243 | #4,494 (2010) | #5,507 |
| 2020s | 101 | #5,300 (2024) | #6,953 |
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.
Sheryl in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 966 of them was named Sheryl, which outranked 97.3% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 140,738 of them was named Sheryl, which outranked 49.2% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,076Woodson14
- #2,076Zeb14
- #2,076Zebedee14
- #2,169Sheryl13
- #2,169Adron13
- #2,169Alf13
- #2,169Alma13
- #2,251Abelino12
- #2,251Alain12
- #2,251Alferd12
Tied with 81 names at #2,169; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.