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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#12,1617
2023
2022#11,2318
2021#12,2067
2020#15,0885
2019#15,5395
2018#15,6825
2017
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
1949#348500
1948#344510
1947#333569
1946#351468
1945#396320
1944#416304
1943#465254
1942#529196
1941#537171
1940#70697
1939#76679
1938#75684
1937#85066
1936#82766
1935#1,16237
1934#1,83418
1933#1,65821
1932#2,23514
1931#2,42712
1930#3,6587
1929#3,3948
1928#2,49713
1927#2,33915
1926#3,5648
1925
1924#5,0615
1923#4,3766
1922
1921#4,0237
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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 1976

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #418 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,009 girlsMNIllinois: #566 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,370 girlsILWisconsin: #456 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,573 girlsWIMichigan: #498 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,185 girlsMINew York: #588 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,559 girlsNYMassachusetts: #449 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,082 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedRIOregon: #357 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,297 girlsORNevada: 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: #417 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,379 girlsINOhio: #361 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,807 girlsOHPennsylvania: #482 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,294 girlsPANew Jersey: #473 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,522 girlsNJConnecticut: #340 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,285 girlsCTCalifornia: #491 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 3,270 girlsCAUtah: #294 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,728 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #418 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,277 girlsMOKentucky: #274 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,674 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #334 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,241 girlsVAMaryland: #189 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 918 girlsMDDelaware: 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: #272 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,377 girlsARTennessee: #418 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,272 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #339 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,285 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #232 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,127 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #366 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,001 girlsLAMississippi: #346 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,898 girlsMSAlabama: #290 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,536 girlsALGeorgia: #306 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,716 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedHITexas: #621 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,605 girlsTXFlorida: #381 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,410 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#189 · 1 in 918
  2. South Carolina#232 · 1 in 1,127
  3. Arkansas#272 · 1 in 1,377
  4. Kentucky#274 · 1 in 1,674
  5. Alabama#290 · 1 in 1,536

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#189191 in 918
South Carolina#232151 in 1,127
Arkansas#27291 in 1,377
Kentucky#274141 in 1,674
Alabama#290141 in 1,536
Utah#29481 in 1,728
Georgia#306181 in 1,716
Virginia#334121 in 2,241
North Carolina#339141 in 2,285
Connecticut#34061 in 2,285
Mississippi#34681 in 1,898
Oregon#35761 in 2,297
Ohio#361241 in 2,807
Louisiana#366131 in 2,001
Florida#381171 in 2,410
Indiana#417101 in 3,379
Minnesota#41861 in 4,009
Missouri#41891 in 3,277
Tennessee#41881 in 3,272
Massachusetts#44971 in 4,082
Wisconsin#45661 in 4,573
New Jersey#473101 in 3,522
Pennsylvania#482151 in 4,294
California#491441 in 3,270
Michigan#498131 in 4,185
Illinois#566161 in 4,370
New York#588221 in 4,559
Texas#621211 in 4,605
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Wyoming

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 1976

girls
#449
431 births · 1 in 3,399 girls

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #449Sherrie431
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 3,399 of them was named Sherrie, which outranked 95.9% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherrie
  1. #446Darcy436
  2. #446Gabriela436
  3. #448Liza432
  4. #449Sherrie431
  5. #449Josephine431
  6. #451Iris430
  7. #452Karrie426
  8. #452Marianne426

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

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,548Rhiannon#4,141#593
  2. 3,533Mackenzie#4,370#837
  3. 3,060Khalilah#3,774#714
  4. 1,663Kenisha#2,612#949
  5. 1,455Latoria#2,411#956
Fallers
  1. 821Nyree#926#1,747
  2. 668Syreeta#778#1,446
  3. 505Cher#994#1,499
  4. 398Kandice#957#1,355
  5. 370Racquel#973#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1976