Sherrell
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #12,713 · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #6,238
Given to girls 86.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,782since 1934
Sherrell 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,648 | 32 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,234 | 35 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,768 | 43 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,136 | 62 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,880 | 75 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,615 | 86 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,952 | 62 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,630 | 75 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,526 | 80 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,666 | 70 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,490 | 77 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,993 | 51 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #1,807 | 60 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,848 | 59 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,391 | 40 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,050 | 49 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #2,159 | 43 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #1,936 | 46 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #1,854 | 49 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,667 | 55 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #1,666 | 54 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #1,526 | 61 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #1,730 | 52 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,681 | 55 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,711 | 50 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,940 | 38 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #2,147 | 30 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,635 | 47 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,635 | 49 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,683 | 46 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #1,858 | 38 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,454 | 59 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,953 | 34 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,794 | 38 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,371 | 53 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #1,671 | 35 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,489 | 38 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #1,520 | 37 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #1,461 | 41 | #1,696 | 20 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #1,315 | 37 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 | #1,736 | 16 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #1,756 | 16 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
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| 1919 | — | — | ||
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| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Sherrell! It came in at #2,923, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2007, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Sherrell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1944 at #1,315 (37 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 56 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,437 girls born in 1989 were named Sherrell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,637 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,315 in 1944, was only 1 in 35,871 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.7% of all girls named Sherrell (660) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1941, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 72 | #1,873 (1938) | #2,531 |
| 1940s | 272 | #1,315 (1944) | #1,748 |
| 1950s | 376 | #1,371 (1955) | #1,678 |
| 1960s | 424 | #1,454 (1961) | #1,806 |
| 1970s | 499 | #1,526 (1972) | #1,873 |
| 1980s | 660 | #1,490 (1984) | #1,792 |
| 1990s | 388 | #1,880 (1990) | #3,438 |
| 2000s | 68 | #8,534 (2000) | #11,622 |
| 2010s | 23 | #12,713 (2017) | #15,304 |
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.
Sherrell in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 53,249 of them was named Sherrell, which outranked 75.1% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,765Twana39
- #1,765Vanda39
- #1,765Zena39
- #1,794Sherrell38
- #1,794Agatha38
- #1,794Arletha38
- #1,794Beverlee38
- #1,820Alexandria37
- #1,820Arla37
- #1,820Ashley37
Tied with 25 names at #1,794; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 304,931 of them was named Sherrell, which outranked 28.0% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,037Yaakov8
- #3,037Yogi8
- #3,037Zach8
- #3,290Sherrell7
- #3,290Achille7
- #3,290Aharon7
- #3,290Alessandro7
- #3,619Addie6
- #3,619Agustine6
- #3,619Alban6
Tied with 328 names at #3,290; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.