Sherrie

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1968 at #4,136
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1962 · 1,534 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
35,148
since 1921

Sherrie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sherrie has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #215, 1962girls
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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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2025#14,9425—
2024#12,1617—
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2022#11,2318—
2021#12,2067—
2020#15,0885—
2019#15,5395—
2018#15,6825—
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2016#9,41111—
2015#10,14810—
2014#14,5586—
2013#11,0009—
2012#11,2579—
2011#9,15012—
2010#9,23112—
2009#11,4599—
2008#10,08411—
2007#8,52014—
2006#9,90111—
2005#13,0107—
2004#8,71612—
2003#6,88516—
2002#4,90624—
2001#5,17422—
2000#4,64925—
1999#4,71823—
1998#3,42635—
1997#3,36534—
1996#3,42933—
1995#3,67029—
1994#2,75244—
1993#2,48950—
1992#2,29557—
1991#1,89474—
1990#1,433110—
1989#1,47199—
1988#1,217123—
1987#931176—
1986#917175—
1985#813201—
1984#652267—
1983#761212—
1982#642278—
1981#706239—
1980#646282—
1979#533356—
1978#543326—
1977#504369—
1976#449431—
1975#406499—
1974#405498—
1973#339645—
1972#327715—
1971#326813—
1970#306926—
1969#2821,007—
1968#2681,012#4,1365
1967#2511,114—
1966#2531,133—
1965#2481,207—
1964#2401,329—
1963#2231,494—
1962#2151,534—
1961#2341,370—
1960#2411,330—
1959#2301,368—
1958#2281,338—
1957#2191,452—
1956#2271,337—
1955#2381,155—
1954#2501,072#3,4526
1953#294788—
1952#288799—
1951#341542—
1950#339531—
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1930#3,6587—
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First appearance
1921

The first year at least five girls were named Sherrie! It came in at #4,023, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1922, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Sherrie is popular in 1942

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNHWashington: #229 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,625 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #455 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,410 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #399 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,574 girlsMINew York: #750 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,843 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #257 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,458 girlsINOhio: #357 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,391 girlsOHPennsylvania: #691 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,012 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #302 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,465 girlsCAUtah: #144 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 753 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #367 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,044 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedARTennessee: #475 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,266 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedALGeorgia: #438 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,025 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedHITexas: #573 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,583 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#144 · 1 in 753
  2. Washington#229 · 1 in 1,625
  3. Indiana#257 · 1 in 2,458
  4. California#302 · 1 in 2,465
  5. Ohio#357 · 1 in 4,391

Best ever in a state: #54 in Utah, 1952.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#14481 in 753
Washington#229101 in 1,625
Indiana#257131 in 2,458
California#302281 in 2,465
Ohio#357151 in 4,391
Missouri#36781 in 4,044
Michigan#399101 in 5,574
Georgia#43871 in 5,025
Illinois#455111 in 6,410
Tennessee#47551 in 6,266
Texas#573121 in 5,583
Pennsylvania#69151 in 18,012
New York#75061 in 18,843
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sherrie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,781 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #14,942)
  • 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #14,942)
  • 4,794 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 335 spots in 1936 (#1,162 → #827)
  • Biggest drop: 286 spots in 1988 (#931 → #1,217)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 1962 at #215 (1,534 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1936–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,282
  • Highest: 1 in 1,282 girls born in 1962 were named Sherrie (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 35.6% of all girls named Sherrie (12,530) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s62#2,339 (1927)#3,608
1930s404#756 (1938)#1,617
1940s3,389#333 (1947)#443
1950s10,382#219 (1957)#265
1960s12,530#215 (1962)#246
1970s5,578#306 (1970)#414
1980s2,052#642 (1982)#876
1990s489#1,433 (1990)#2,947
2000s151#4,649 (2000)#8,330
2010s79#9,150 (2011)#11,775
2020s32#11,231 (2022)#13,126

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.

Sherrie in 1942

girls
#529
196 births · 1 in 6,891 girls

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #529Sherrie196
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 6,891 of them was named Sherrie, which outranked 90.2% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherrie
  1. #526Merry200
  2. #527Jennifer198
  3. #528Louella197
  4. #529Sherrie196
  5. #529Carmela196
  6. #529Dian196
  7. #529Peggie196
  8. #533Roslyn195
  9. #534Lilly194
  10. #535Marilee192

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,567Michal#4,420 → #853
  2. ↑ 1,885Merrily#2,397 → #512
  3. ↑ 1,081Merrilee#1,954 → #873
  4. ↑ 783Jerrilyn#1,610 → #827
  5. ↑ 760Candace#1,418 → #658
Fallers
  1. ↓ 354Rebekah#924 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 350Leatha#830 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 307Nella#993 → #1,300
  4. ↓ 272Arla#934 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 262Vivien#735 → #997

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

See the top 100 for 1942 →