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

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Peak · girls
1947 · 42 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,019
since 1934

Sherill over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #1,438, 1947peak #2,322, 1940girlsboys
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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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1994#13,4305
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1991#10,2717
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1984#10,4225
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1982#9,2376
1981#10,4115
1980#10,3925
1979#5,09213
1978#5,56311
1977#6,3409
1976#5,60110
1975#7,1737
1974#5,36010
1973#7,4356
1972#4,79311
1971#3,78916
1970#4,03814
1969#3,61915
1968#2,36027
1967#3,34015
1966#2,83919
1965#2,60522
1964#2,60023
1963#2,42425
1962#2,46324
1961#1,83839
1960#1,88736
1959#1,64344
1958#1,90833
1957#2,12127#3,5526
1956#1,83534#3,9425
1955#1,90731
1954#1,44448
1953#2,12224
1952#2,07424
1951#1,92126
1950#1,79428
1949#1,80728
1948#1,73929
1947#1,43842#3,7335
1946#1,91923
1945#1,45031
1944#1,91620
1943#1,94920#3,2316
1942#1,80422
1941#1,53826#3,5055
1940#2,57211#2,32210
1939#2,41712
1938#2,11315#3,5345
1937#2,19614
1936#2,38612
1935#4,2045
1934#4,2865
1933#2,7388
1932#3,7765
1931#3,3906
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First appearance
1934

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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1934
  • Peaked 1947 at #1,438 (42 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 40,457
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 31.3% of all girls named Sherill (319) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1934
  • Mostly boys until 1933, mostly girls since
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s63#2,113 (1938)#2,934
1940s252#1,438 (1947)#1,813
1950s319#1,444 (1954)#1,877
1960s245#1,838 (1961)#2,598
1970s107#3,789 (1971)#5,518
1980s21#9,237 (1982)#10,116
1990s12#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 1947

girls
#1,438
42 births · 1 in 42,209 girls
boys
#3,733
5 births · 1 in 365,920 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #1,438Sherill42

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #3,733Sherill5
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 42,209 of them was named Sherill, which outranked 76.4% 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).

Ranked beside Sherill
  1. #1,413Scarlett43
  2. #1,413Stephany43
  3. #1,413Tania43
  4. #1,438Sherill42
  5. #1,438Angel42
  6. #1,438Cecil42
  7. #1,438Charlyn42
  8. #1,461Alda41
  9. #1,461Beckie41
  10. #1,461Brooke41

Tied with 22 names at #1,438; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 417Michaele#1,276#859
  2. 385Carlotta#997#612
  3. 332Ricki#1,290#958
  4. 300Daria#1,220#920
  5. 290Ivy#1,087#797
Fallers
  1. 341Merlene#961#1,302
  2. 285Beatriz#985#1,270
  3. 276Ruthanne#874#1,150
  4. 253Estela#897#1,150
  5. 242Verla#885#1,127

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

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 365,920 of them was named Sherill, which outranked 12.5% 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).

Ranked beside Sherill
  1. #3,370Yong6
  2. #3,370Zenon6
  3. #3,370Zoltan6
  4. #3,733Sherill5
  5. #3,733Achille5
  6. #3,733Adelaido5
  7. #3,733Adelard5

Tied with 533 names at #3,733; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 1,271Brock#2,271#1,000
  2. 586Shawn#1,509#923
  3. 500Jed#1,475#975
  4. 358Jody#935#577
  5. 355Deryl#1,355#1,000
Fallers
  1. 497Hurley#952#1,449
  2. 393Prentice#878#1,271
  3. 362Darvin#935#1,297
  4. 310Lary#826#1,136
  5. 303Judith#856#1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947