Sherill
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · Last seen for boys in 1957 at #3,552
Given to girls 94.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1947 · 42 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,019since 1934
Sherill 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
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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
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| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | — | |
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
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| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,643 | 44 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,121 | 27 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,538 | 26 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sherill! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1990, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Sherill
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1947 at #1,438 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 40,457 girls born in 1954 were named Sherill (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,151 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,438 in 1947, was only 1 in 42,209 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.3% of all girls named Sherill (319) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1933, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 63 | #2,113 (1938) | #2,934 |
| 1940s | 252 | #1,438 (1947) | #1,813 |
| 1950s | 319 | #1,444 (1954) | #1,877 |
| 1960s | 245 | #1,838 (1961) | #2,598 |
| 1970s | 107 | #3,789 (1971) | #5,518 |
| 1980s | 21 | #9,237 (1982) | #10,116 |
| 1990s | 12 | #10,271 (1991) | #11,851 |
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.
Sherill in 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 46,466 of them was named Sherill, which outranked 69.8% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,501Tony27
- #1,501Vanda27
- #1,501Vernita27
- #1,538Sherill26
- #1,538Albert26
- #1,538Alline26
- #1,538Bettina26
- #1,569Alverta25
- #1,569Arden25
- #1,569Arvilla25
Tied with 30 names at #1,538; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 245,664 of them was named Sherill, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 497 names at #3,505; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.