Sheri

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 1975 at #3,941
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1967 · 2,959 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
60,464
since 1928

Sheri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sheri has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #115, 1967girls
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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#13,2086
2024
2023#8,98911
2022#12,2437
2021#10,2929
2020#13,4536
2019#11,3568
2018#9,15111
2017#11,6158
2016#12,8767
2015#10,8669
2014#10,9559
2013#9,03612
2012#7,14417
2011#13,3477
2010#9,79011
2009#11,4599
2008#6,55920
2007#12,6768
2006#6,84018
2005#7,13816
2004#5,37723
2003#5,58621
2002#4,90624
2001#3,86433
2000#4,29128
1999#4,20127
1998#3,91429
1997#3,10538
1996#2,71445
1995#2,24459
1994#1,78681
1993#1,538101
1992#1,431113
1991#1,205143
1990#1,008180
1989#948187
1988#729257
1987#624308
1986#530385
1985#457470
1984#412517
1983#438480
1982#425515
1981#376618
1980#341708
1979#318755
1978#271852
1977#251983
1976#2211,094
1975#2141,151#3,9418
1974#1841,428
1973#1651,667#5,1015
1972#1471,923#3,3449
1971#1512,144#3,6588
1970#1402,400#2,73912
1969#1322,601#3,0629
1968#1192,718#2,31113
1967#1152,959#3,5596
1966#1342,720#3,9485
1965#1412,629#2,9828
1964#1382,920
1963#1363,094#2,30013
1962#1452,988
1961#1682,488
1960#1792,210#3,6656
1959#1921,846#3,2907
1958#2031,600
1957#2101,588
1956#1951,716#3,9425
1955#2421,144
1954#277935
1953#309713
1952#357535
1951#367483
1950#396413
1949#429341
1948#415364
1947#439348
1946#453294
1945#567168
1944#585157
1943#605154
1942#734105
1941#88768
1940#1,21836
1939#1,09143
1938#1,59623
1937#1,84518
1936#1,54923
1935#2,20614
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1929#4,5705
1928#3,7437
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First appearance
1928

The first year at least five girls were named Sheri! It came in at #3,743, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1929–1934, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sheri is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNHWashington: #407 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,686 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #273 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,912 girlsMNIllinois: #373 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,593 girlsILWisconsin: #336 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,785 girlsWIMichigan: #425 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,523 girlsMINew York: #494 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 3,599 girlsNYMassachusetts: #256 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,675 girlsMARhode Island: #134 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 665 girlsRIOregon: #375 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,609 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedINOhio: #295 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,231 girlsOHPennsylvania: #388 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,093 girlsPANew Jersey: #350 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,446 girlsNJConnecticut: #296 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,043 girlsCTCalifornia: #475 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 3,210 girlsCAUtah: #358 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,133 girlsUTColorado: #373 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,404 girlsCONebraska: #248 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,487 girlsNEMissouri: #328 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,412 girlsMOKentucky: #482 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,388 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedWVVirginia: #277 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,845 girlsVAMaryland: #320 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,289 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedDEArizona: #461 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,015 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedKSArkansas: #335 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,129 girlsARTennessee: #394 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,049 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #501 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,262 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #330 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,067 girlsOKLouisiana: #457 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,075 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedMSAlabama: #490 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,590 girlsALGeorgia: #616 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,099 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sheri, so not publishedHITexas: #419 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 2,835 girlsTXFlorida: #420 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,937 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#134 · 1 in 665
  2. Nebraska#248 · 1 in 1,487
  3. Massachusetts#256 · 1 in 1,675
  4. Minnesota#273 · 1 in 1,912
  5. Virginia#277 · 1 in 1,845

Best ever in a state: #55 in Utah, 1963.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#13471 in 665
Nebraska#24871 in 1,487
Massachusetts#256201 in 1,675
Minnesota#273151 in 1,912
Virginia#277171 in 1,845
Ohio#295311 in 2,231
Connecticut#29681 in 2,043
Maryland#320101 in 2,289
Missouri#328131 in 2,412
Oklahoma#330101 in 2,067
Arkansas#33561 in 2,129
Wisconsin#336111 in 2,785
New Jersey#350161 in 2,446
Utah#35871 in 2,133
Colorado#37391 in 2,404
Illinois#373281 in 2,593
Oregon#37561 in 2,609
Pennsylvania#388221 in 3,093
Tennessee#39491 in 3,049
Washington#407101 in 2,686
Texas#419461 in 2,835
Florida#420211 in 2,937
Michigan#425161 in 3,523
Louisiana#457101 in 3,075
Arizona#46171 in 3,015
California#475601 in 3,210
Kentucky#48251 in 4,388
Alabama#49061 in 3,590
New York#494291 in 3,599
North Carolina#50181 in 4,262
Georgia#61671 in 5,099
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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 Sheri
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 245 spots since 2020 (#13,453#13,208)
  • 2,342 spots since 2015 (#10,866#13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 331 spots in 1941 (#1,218#887)
  • Biggest drop: 219 spots in 1989 (#729#948)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1928
  • Peaked 1967 at #115 (2,959 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 49 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1941–1989
Share of babies · girls
1 in 558
  • Highest: 1 in 558 girls born in 1967 were named Sheri (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 45.2% of all girls named Sheri (27,327) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s12#3,743 (1928)#4,157
1930s121#1,091 (1939)#1,657
1940s2,035#415 (1948)#633
1950s10,973#192 (1959)#275
1960s27,327#115 (1967)#141
1970s14,397#140 (1970)#206
1980s4,445#341 (1980)#528
1990s816#1,008 (1990)#2,315
2000s200#3,864 (2001)#6,870
2010s99#7,144 (2012)#10,614
2020s39#8,989 (2023)#11,637

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.

Sheri in 1984

girls
#412
517 births · 1 in 3,257 girls

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #412Sheri517
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 3,257 of them was named Sheri, which outranked 96.6% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sheri
  1. #409Jean519
  2. #409Keisha519
  3. #411Terra518
  4. #412Sheri517
  5. #413Judy514
  6. #413Meaghan514
  7. #415Joanne511
Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. 8,259Santana#9,015#756
  2. 2,419Tasia#3,151#732
  3. 2,198Teela#3,065#867
  4. 1,074Grisel#1,858#784
  5. 894Kaylee#1,715#821
Fallers
  1. 1,856Dwan#874#2,730
  2. 720Toccara#937#1,657
  3. 713Kaleena#547#1,260
  4. 303Karie#1,000#1,303
  5. 300Karyn#820#1,120

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

See the top 100 for 1984