Sherita

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306

Peak · girls
1981 · 237 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,022
since 1949

Sherita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sherita has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #708, 1981girls
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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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rankbirths
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2023
2022#15,3065
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2008#17,5045
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2006#17,1685
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2004#11,6248
2003#15,7845
2002
2001#10,1029
2000#8,02712
1999#10,3458
1998#8,58410
1997#8,33410
1996#5,28018
1995#5,67716
1994#4,11525
1993#3,42232
1992#2,29557
1991#1,77980
1990#1,75583
1989#1,50695
1988#1,261116
1987#1,038149
1986#1,177120
1985#898177
1984#940156
1983#845181
1982#741227
1981#708237
1980#812198
1979#818193
1978#867169
1977#1,009133
1976#877152
1975#978126
1974#905140
1973#1,001118
1972#972124
1971#1,015122
1970#1,22491
1969#1,42367
1968#1,31171
1967#1,44159
1966#1,43059
1965#1,67245
1964#1,97536
1963#1,81541
1962#1,78241
1961#2,03633
1960#2,64921
1959#2,45822
1958#2,26025
1957#3,48912
1956#2,45321
1955#2,63518
1954#3,01914
1953#5,6735
1952#4,9086
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1950#5,3015
1949#3,6129
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First appearance
1949

The first year at least five girls were named Sherita! It came in at #3,612, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1950–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Sherita
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 142 spots in 1978 (#1,009#867)
  • Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1986 (#898#1,177)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1949
  • Peaked 1981 at #708 (237 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1978–1985
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,038
  • Highest: 1 in 7,038 girls born in 1981 were named Sherita (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 41.2% of all girls named Sherita (1,656) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s9#3,612 (1949)#3,612
1950s128#2,260 (1958)#3,577
1960s473#1,311 (1968)#1,753
1970s1,368#818 (1979)#967
1980s1,656#708 (1981)#993
1990s339#1,755 (1990)#5,159
2000s44#8,027 (2000)#13,368
2010s0
2020s5#15,306 (2022)#15,306

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.

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