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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #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 1987

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #927 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,072 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMINew York: #1,562 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,644 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: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedINOhio: #1,022 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,541 girlsOHPennsylvania: #649 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,293 girlsPANew Jersey: #756 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,262 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,114 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 11,322 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedMOKentucky: 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: #483 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,645 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: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #470 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,726 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #371 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,271 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #406 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,560 girlsOKLouisiana: #494 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,289 girlsLAMississippi: #451 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,660 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedALGeorgia: #546 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,355 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sherrie, so not publishedHITexas: #1,122 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 11,715 girlsTXFlorida: #979 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,917 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#371 · 1 in 2,271
  2. Oklahoma#406 · 1 in 2,560
  3. Mississippi#451 · 1 in 2,660
  4. North Carolina#470 · 1 in 3,726
  5. Maryland#483 · 1 in 3,645

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#37181 in 2,271
Oklahoma#40671 in 2,560
Mississippi#45151 in 2,660
North Carolina#470101 in 3,726
Maryland#48371 in 3,645
Louisiana#49481 in 3,289
Georgia#54691 in 4,355
Pennsylvania#649111 in 6,293
New Jersey#75661 in 7,262
Illinois#92781 in 9,072
Florida#97971 in 9,917
Ohio#1,02251 in 13,541
California#1,114191 in 11,322
Texas#1,122111 in 11,715
New York#1,56261 in 18,644
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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 1987

girls
#931
176 births · 1 in 9,879 girls

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #931Sherrie176
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 9,879 of them was named Sherrie, which outranked 93.0% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherrie
  1. #928Lakendra177
  2. #928Lauryn177
  3. #928Terry177
  4. #931Sherrie176
  5. #931Alessandra176
  6. #931Ava176
  7. #931Renae176
  8. #935Damaris175
  9. #935Juana175
  10. #935Kaycee175

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

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

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

See the top 100 for 1987