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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| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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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 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
More about 1990
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1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 25,314 of them was named Sherrell, which outranked 87.7% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,862Winter76
- #1,862Xochitl76
- #1,862Zaira76
- #1,880Sherrell75
- #1,880Angelea75
- #1,880Aurelia75
- #1,880Denae75
- #1,892Anamaria74
- #1,892Bonita74
- #1,892Camila74
Tied with 11 names at #1,880; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.