Sherri
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1963 · 5,460 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 7 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 83,667since 1924
Sherri over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,536 | 28 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,025 | 31 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,974 | 47 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,374 | 37 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,353 | 36 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,590 | 49 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,282 | 58 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,189 | 61 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,728 | 85 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,397 | 116 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,294 | 131 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,184 | 147 | — | |
| 1990 | #919 | 208 | — | |
| 1989 | #830 | 229 | — | |
| 1988 | #725 | 258 | — | |
| 1987 | #541 | 372 | — | |
| 1986 | #501 | 424 | — | |
| 1985 | #441 | 494 | — | |
| 1984 | #387 | 567 | — | |
| 1983 | #396 | 554 | — | |
| 1982 | #371 | 622 | — | |
| 1981 | #363 | 646 | — | |
| 1980 | #290 | 855 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #286 | 852 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #264 | 889 | — | |
| 1977 | #231 | 1,080 | — | |
| 1976 | #216 | 1,144 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #196 | 1,272 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #166 | 1,621 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #149 | 1,852 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #129 | 2,349 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #123 | 2,860 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #122 | 3,165 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #106 | 3,529 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #94 | 3,641 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #89 | 3,841 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #92 | 3,747 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #91 | 4,065 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #86 | 4,871 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #78 | 5,460 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #82 | 5,363 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #121 | 3,807 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #136 | 3,309 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #147 | 2,870 | — | |
| 1958 | #159 | 2,472 | — | |
| 1957 | #171 | 2,247 | — | |
| 1956 | #177 | 2,033 | — | |
| 1955 | #198 | 1,598 | — | |
| 1954 | #209 | 1,471 | — | |
| 1953 | #196 | 1,583 | — | |
| 1952 | #306 | 691 | — | |
| 1951 | #301 | 670 | — | |
| 1950 | #370 | 469 | — | |
| 1949 | #402 | 394 | — | |
| 1948 | #392 | 407 | — | |
| 1947 | #398 | 410 | — | |
| 1946 | #429 | 325 | — | |
| 1945 | #504 | 211 | — | |
| 1944 | #500 | 208 | — | |
| 1943 | #639 | 141 | — | |
| 1942 | #695 | 115 | — | |
| 1941 | #830 | 76 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,186 | 38 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,401 | 28 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | — | |
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| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sherri! It came in at #4,434, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1933, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Sherri
- 81 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #8,362)
- 1,888 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #8,362)
- 85 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 356 spots in 1941 (#1,186 → #830)
- Biggest drop: 265 spots in 1991 (#919 → #1,184)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1963 at #78 (5,460 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 7 yrs · run 1962–1968
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1941–1990
- Highest: 1 in 353 girls born in 1963 were named Sherri (0.28%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 49.8% of all girls named Sherri (41,633) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,434 (1924) | #4,434 |
| 1930s | 102 | #1,401 (1939) | #2,143 |
| 1940s | 2,325 | #392 (1948) | #598 |
| 1950s | 16,104 | #147 (1959) | #223 |
| 1960s | 41,633 | #78 (1963) | #98 |
| 1970s | 17,084 | #122 (1970) | #188 |
| 1980s | 5,021 | #290 (1980) | #485 |
| 1990s | 928 | #919 (1990) | #2,031 |
| 2000s | 271 | #2,974 (2000) | #5,184 |
| 2010s | 130 | #7,100 (2018) | #8,670 |
| 2020s | 63 | #8,024 (2021) | #9,600 |
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.
Sherri in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 452 of them was named Sherri, which outranked 98.8% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 178,346 of them was named Sherri, which outranked 42.1% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #2,627Sherri10
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- #2,627Abran10
- #2,627Ames10
- #2,784Albie9
- #2,784Alcides9
- #2,784Alix9
Tied with 156 names at #2,627; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.