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.
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 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 65,803 of them was named Sherrel, which outranked 69.0% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,845Versie27
- #1,845Vina27
- #1,845Willetta27
- #1,882Sherrel26
- #1,882Adelle26
- #1,882Alethea26
- #1,882Annis26
- #1,917Angelyn25
- #1,917Annabel25
- #1,917Ardell25
Tied with 34 names at #1,882; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 354,788 of them was named Sherrel, which outranked 12.2% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 515 names at #3,690; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.