Sherrel
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #11,778 · Last seen for boys in 1951 at #3,066
Given to girls 87.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 29 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 768since 1936
Sherrel 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 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
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| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
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| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
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| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,647 | 29 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | #2,127 | 12 | |
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| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
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| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
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| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sherrel! It came in at #2,857, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1976, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sherrel is popular in 1936
No state had 5 or more girls named Sherrel in 1936, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sherrel
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1946 at #1,647 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 54,183 girls born in 1946 were named Sherrel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,626 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
- 31.5% of all girls named Sherrel (242) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1935, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 34 | #2,736 (1939) | #3,047 |
| 1940s | 169 | #1,647 (1946) | #2,521 |
| 1950s | 242 | #1,801 (1954) | #2,231 |
| 1960s | 136 | #2,864 (1963) | #3,825 |
| 1970s | 85 | #4,246 (1970) | #5,346 |
| 1980s | 63 | #6,335 (1987) | #8,273 |
| 1990s | 39 | #7,303 (1990) | #10,087 |
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.
Sherrel 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 115,599 of them was named Sherrel, which outranked 41.2% 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).
- #2,689Zeola10
- #2,689Zeta10
- #2,689Zonnie10
- #2,857Sherrel9
- #2,857Albertina9
- #2,857Aldean9
- #2,857Aleda9
- #3,103Adair8
- #3,103Adda8
- #3,103Adelene8
Tied with 245 names at #2,857; 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 207,441 of them was named Sherrel, which outranked 12.1% 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).
Tied with 488 names at #3,549; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.