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

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Peak · girls
2001 · 305 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,604
since 1928

Sheridan over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #778, 2001peak #476, 1891girlsboys
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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#5,23824#8,9108
2024#5,96220
2023#5,12625#10,8216
2022#6,22919#5,87415
2021#7,63014#10,7996
2020#6,62917#12,0225
2019#5,61222
2018#6,01020#8,1549
2017#5,66122#12,2465
2016#4,08336#9,6647
2015#4,23234
2014#3,92538#10,7176
2013#3,91838#8,7898
2012#3,21351
2011#3,26750#8,0799
2010#2,78163#10,7666
2009#2,31684
2008#2,41979#9,8717
2007#1,792119#7,09411
2006#1,639129#9,5857
2005#1,400153#5,57814
2004#1,170192#4,26420
2003#1,071207#3,97621
2002#981225#4,50217
2001#778305#3,61723
2000#842264#3,53623
1999#1,023199#2,46236
1998#1,046188#2,34937
1997#915218#2,12641
1996#950202#2,07341
1995#1,049171#1,75850
1994#1,055172#2,25935
1993#1,171150#1,90743
1992#1,284133#1,80446
1991#1,492105#1,74446
1990#1,68887#1,58752
1989#1,83472#2,02735
1988#2,86736#2,03531
1987#2,43442#2,27225
1986#2,42041#2,51021
1985#2,60137#2,22624
1984#2,99229#2,70617
1983#3,80620#1,86429
1982#2,95930#2,83116
1981#4,34417#2,13824
1980#2,65135#1,76532
1979#2,93129#1,75332
1978#3,51221#2,20521
1977#3,17624#2,27020
1976#3,81217#1,87326
1975#2,81126#1,75328
1974#2,92224#1,65929
1973#2,91423#1,37637
1972#2,45129#1,60329
1971#2,00142#1,28942
1970#2,93823#1,58229
1969#1,98040#1,52628
1968#2,24629#1,61424
1967#2,27228#2,13914
1966#2,66821#1,96316
1965#2,15430#1,91817
1964#3,10817#2,04016
1963#2,30627#1,79220
1962#2,46324#1,89618
1961#2,11731#1,87619
1960#2,72920#1,81220
1959#2,33924#1,70922
1958#2,16727#1,95317
1957#2,12127#2,27413
1956#2,45321#2,26313
1955#2,28023#2,30212
1954#1,98728#1,33332
1953#1,97327#1,76519
1952#1,97826#1,93916
1951#1,38346#1,77418
1950#1,32448#1,46425
1949#1,33547#1,12839
1948#1,32748#1,23134
1947#1,05571#1,33630
1946#1,07862#1,00346
1945#1,41832#1,29626
1944#1,07952#1,17332
1943#1,04858#1,07440
1942#1,19544#1,00744
1941#1,38431#87652
1940#1,59124#99442
1939#1,63822#1,23828
1938#1,94517#95144
1937#2,31713#1,28827
1936#1,95016#1,14233
1935#4,2045#1,24729
1934#1,29327
1933#1,58619
1932#2,19112
1931#1,53821
1930#1,42826
1929#1,44325
1928#4,1956#1,18836
1927#1,40728
1926#1,19236
1925#1,33230
1924#1,38029
1923#1,21335
1922#1,47026
1921#1,26733
1920#1,69421
1919#1,48124
1918#1,49924
1917#1,58721
1916#1,64619
1915#1,55320
1914#1,26022
1913#1,49713
1912#1,26814
1911#1,2908
1910#1,5895
1909
1908#1,3735
1907
1906#1,2535
1905
1904
1903#1,0096
1902#1,0136
1901
1900
1899
1898#8857
1897
1896#9826
1895#7958
1894
1893#1,0355
1892
1891#47614
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1928

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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
73 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1928
  • Peaked 2001 at #778 (305 births)
  • Births halved by 2006, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 2000–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,904
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 31.4% of all girls named Sheridan (1,757) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1984
  • Mostly boys until 1983, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#4,195 (1928)#4,195
1930s73#1,638 (1939)#2,411
1940s469#1,048 (1943)#1,251
1950s297#1,324 (1950)#2,001
1960s267#1,980 (1969)#2,404
1970s258#2,001 (1971)#2,947
1980s359#1,834 (1989)#2,891
1990s1,625#915 (1997)#1,167
2000s1,757#778 (2001)#1,441
2010s374#2,781 (2010)#4,270
2020s119#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 1944

girls
#1,079
52 births · 1 in 25,524 girls
boys
#1,173
32 births · 1 in 42,590 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #1,079Sheridan52

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #1,173Sheridan32
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 25,524 of them was named Sheridan, which outranked 79.4% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sheridan
  1. #1,072Novella53
  2. #1,072Valarie53
  3. #1,072Vickey53
  4. #1,079Sheridan52
  5. #1,079Adell52
  6. #1,079Concepcion52
  7. #1,079Ilona52
  8. #1,090Amalia51
  9. #1,090Bernita51
  10. #1,090Deena51

Tied with 10 names at #1,079; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 1,229Dorinda#1,834#605
  2. 611Deirdre#1,556#945
  3. 504Alana#1,251#747
  4. 460Elyse#1,327#867
  5. 407Joella#1,395#988
Fallers
  1. 613Michal#996#1,609
  2. 493Aloma#762#1,255
  3. 448Louvenia#916#1,364
  4. 347Norine#889#1,236
  5. 341Lyla#864#1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 42,590 of them was named Sheridan, which outranked 70.0% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sheridan
  1. #1,152Thornton33
  2. #1,152Von33
  3. #1,152Welton33
  4. #1,173Sheridan32
  5. #1,173Addison32
  6. #1,173Bailey32
  7. #1,173Chesley32
  8. #1,193Amado31
  9. #1,193Ardell31
  10. #1,193Collins31

Tied with 19 names at #1,173; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 647Rickie#1,461#814
  2. 586Rusty#1,577#991
  3. 585Humberto#1,280#695
  4. 408Llewellyn#1,343#935
  5. 402Hilario#1,308#906
Fallers
  1. 359Elwyn#923#1,282
  2. 356Albin#856#1,212
  3. 348Prentiss#980#1,328
  4. 286Barrie#969#1,255
  5. 269Duke#986#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944