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

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Peak · girls
1946 · 29 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
768
since 1936

Sherrel over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #1,647, 1946peak #2,127, 1935girlsboys
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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#11,7786
1993#11,7806
1992#8,06510
1991#11,5096
1990#7,30311
1989#8,7618
1988#7,6919
1987#6,33511
1986#8,5237
1985#10,6775
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1982#6,37110
1981#10,4115
1980#7,4188
1979#5,09213
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1977#5,88810
1976
1975#4,85412
1974#5,01111
1973#7,4356
1972#5,10910
1971#5,13610
1970#4,24613
1969#3,95813
1968#4,7799
1967#6,8045
1966#3,26615
1965#3,26415
1964#3,24416
1963#2,86419
1962#2,92218
1961#3,79312
1960#3,35714
1959#3,25414
1958#2,20926
1957#2,48621
1956#2,15126
1955#1,90731
1954#1,80133
1953#1,93128
1952#2,32720
1951#2,24520#3,0667
1950#2,00223
1949#1,88226#3,6905
1948#1,95324#3,3166
1947#1,79029
1946#1,64729
1945#3,6767#3,3385
1944#3,1399#2,6338
1943#2,69512#2,9647
1942#2,21416
1941#3,2528#3,1336
1940#2,9639#3,4595
1939#2,73610#2,8297
1938#3,4507#3,5345
1937#3,1468#3,5185
1936#2,8579#3,5495
1935#2,12712
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1933#3,2686
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1929#3,5596
1928#4,1515
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1924#3,5057
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1921#4,3225
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First appearance
1936

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.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1936
  • Peaked 1946 at #1,647 (29 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 13 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 54,183
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 31.5% of all girls named Sherrel (242) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1936
  • Mostly boys until 1935, mostly girls since
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s34#2,736 (1939)#3,047
1940s169#1,647 (1946)#2,521
1950s242#1,801 (1954)#2,231
1960s136#2,864 (1963)#3,825
1970s85#4,246 (1970)#5,346
1980s63#6,335 (1987)#8,273
1990s39#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

girls
#1,882
26 births · 1 in 65,803 girls
boys
#3,690
5 births · 1 in 354,788 boys

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #1,882Sherrel26

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #3,690Sherrel5
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).

Ranked beside Sherrel
  1. #1,845Versie27
  2. #1,845Vina27
  3. #1,845Willetta27
  4. #1,882Sherrel26
  5. #1,882Adelle26
  6. #1,882Alethea26
  7. #1,882Annis26
  8. #1,917Angelyn25
  9. #1,917Annabel25
  10. #1,917Ardell25

Tied with 34 names at #1,882; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 937Sharman#1,708#771
  2. 665Roseanna#1,422#757
  3. 483Shauna#1,173#690
  4. 293Jacalyn#1,116#823
  5. 267Sanjuana#1,185#918
Fallers
  1. 339Sandie#939#1,278
  2. 296Syble#955#1,251
  3. 272Shirleen#964#1,236
  4. 266Ginny#734#1,000
  5. 260Dina#861#1,121

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).

Ranked beside Sherrel
  1. #3,298Zan6
  2. #3,298Zed6
  3. #3,298Zollie6
  4. #3,690Sherrel5
  5. #3,690Abundio5
  6. #3,690Alberta5
  7. #3,690Aldine5

Tied with 515 names at #3,690; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 538Lannie#1,107#569
  2. 411Lenwood#1,296#885
  3. 338Robby#1,296#958
  4. 326Ocie#1,323#997
  5. 319Denzil#1,127#808
Fallers
  1. 473Loyal#989#1,462
  2. 446Rich#963#1,409
  3. 395Brock#733#1,128
  4. 376Baron#972#1,348
  5. 333Murry#989#1,322

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

See the top 100 for 1949