Sheridan
#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to girls 66.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 305 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,604since 1928
Sheridan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #5,238 | 24 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #4,083 | 36 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #4,232 | 34 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,925 | 38 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #3,918 | 38 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #3,213 | 51 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,267 | 50 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #2,781 | 63 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #2,316 | 84 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,419 | 79 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #1,792 | 119 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #1,639 | 129 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #1,400 | 153 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #1,170 | 192 | #4,264 | 20 |
| 2003 | #1,071 | 207 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #981 | 225 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #778 | 305 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #842 | 264 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #1,023 | 199 | #2,462 | 36 |
| 1998 | #1,046 | 188 | #2,349 | 37 |
| 1997 | #915 | 218 | #2,126 | 41 |
| 1996 | #950 | 202 | #2,073 | 41 |
| 1995 | #1,049 | 171 | #1,758 | 50 |
| 1994 | #1,055 | 172 | #2,259 | 35 |
| 1993 | #1,171 | 150 | #1,907 | 43 |
| 1992 | #1,284 | 133 | #1,804 | 46 |
| 1991 | #1,492 | 105 | #1,744 | 46 |
| 1990 | #1,688 | 87 | #1,587 | 52 |
| 1989 | #1,834 | 72 | #2,027 | 35 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 | #2,035 | 31 |
| 1987 | #2,434 | 42 | #2,272 | 25 |
| 1986 | #2,420 | 41 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | #2,226 | 24 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #1,864 | 29 |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 | #1,765 | 32 |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #2,205 | 21 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #1,873 | 26 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | #1,753 | 28 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | #1,659 | 29 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #1,376 | 37 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 | #1,289 | 42 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | #1,582 | 29 |
| 1969 | #1,980 | 40 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 | #1,614 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #2,154 | 30 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,117 | 31 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | #1,812 | 20 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #2,121 | 27 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #1,987 | 28 | #1,333 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | #1,383 | 46 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #1,324 | 48 | #1,464 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,335 | 47 | #1,128 | 39 |
| 1948 | #1,327 | 48 | #1,231 | 34 |
| 1947 | #1,055 | 71 | #1,336 | 30 |
| 1946 | #1,078 | 62 | #1,003 | 46 |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1944 | #1,079 | 52 | #1,173 | 32 |
| 1943 | #1,048 | 58 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1942 | #1,195 | 44 | #1,007 | 44 |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 | #876 | 52 |
| 1940 | #1,591 | 24 | #994 | 42 |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 | #951 | 44 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,247 | 29 |
| 1934 | — | #1,293 | 27 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,586 | 19 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,191 | 12 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,428 | 26 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,443 | 25 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,188 | 36 |
| 1927 | — | #1,407 | 28 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,192 | 36 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,332 | 30 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,380 | 29 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,213 | 35 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,470 | 26 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,267 | 33 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,694 | 21 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,481 | 24 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,587 | 21 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,646 | 19 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,553 | 20 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,260 | 22 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #476 | 14 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Sheridan! It came in at #4,195, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1929–1935, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Sheridan
- 724 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #5,238)
- 1,391 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #5,238)
- 1,006 spots since 2015 (#4,232 → #5,238)
- Biggest jump: 181 spots in 2000 (#1,023 → #842)
- Biggest drop: 203 spots in 2002 (#778 → #981)
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 2001 at #778 (305 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 2000–2002
- Highest: 1 in 5,904 girls born in 2001 were named Sheridan (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.4% of all girls named Sheridan (1,757) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1983, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,195 (1928) | #4,195 |
| 1930s | 73 | #1,638 (1939) | #2,411 |
| 1940s | 469 | #1,048 (1943) | #1,251 |
| 1950s | 297 | #1,324 (1950) | #2,001 |
| 1960s | 267 | #1,980 (1969) | #2,404 |
| 1970s | 258 | #2,001 (1971) | #2,947 |
| 1980s | 359 | #1,834 (1989) | #2,891 |
| 1990s | 1,625 | #915 (1997) | #1,167 |
| 2000s | 1,757 | #778 (2001) | #1,441 |
| 2010s | 374 | #2,781 (2010) | #4,270 |
| 2020s | 119 | #5,126 (2023) | #6,136 |
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.
Sheridan in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 65,024 of them was named Sheridan, which outranked 59.8% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,873Wanna17
- #1,873Willis17
- #1,873Wyona17
- #1,950Sheridan16
- #1,950Alba16
- #1,950Alethia16
- #1,950Anthony16
- #2,032Aleen15
- #2,032Amaryllis15
- #2,032America15
Tied with 81 names at #1,950; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 31,430 of them was named Sheridan, which outranked 71.7% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,118Richmond34
- #1,118Rick34
- #1,118Vernal34
- #1,142Sheridan33
- #1,142Abner33
- #1,142Authur33
- #1,142Benjiman33
- #1,169Abram32
- #1,169Angus32
- #1,169Augusta32
Tied with 26 names at #1,142; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.