Sherril
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #9,545 · Last seen for boys in 1953 at #3,798
Given to girls 91.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1947 · 71 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,622since 1933
Sherril 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
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| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
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| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
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| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
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| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,635 | 49 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,738 | 44 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,627 | 48 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,481 | 57 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,487 | 55 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,450 | 55 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,274 | 69 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,262 | 69 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,298 | 64 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,197 | 70 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,213 | 68 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,103 | 77 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #1,505 | 41 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #1,224 | 57 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,259 | 53 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #1,165 | 61 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #1,105 | 65 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,055 | 71 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #1,290 | 45 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #1,155 | 46 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #1,381 | 34 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #3,004 | 7 |
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| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sherril! It came in at #3,753, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Sherril
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1986
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 1947 at #1,055 (71 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,432 girls born in 1953 were named Sherril (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,925 girls born in 1986 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,055 in 1947, was only 1 in 24,969 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 38.4% of all girls named Sherril (623) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1933, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 112 | #1,475 (1938) | #2,273 |
| 1940s | 434 | #1,055 (1947) | #1,355 |
| 1950s | 623 | #1,103 (1953) | #1,279 |
| 1960s | 373 | #1,481 (1961) | #2,144 |
| 1970s | 49 | #3,577 (1970) | #4,648 |
| 1980s | 31 | #6,319 (1980) | #7,874 |
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.
Sherril in 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 28,415 of them was named Sherril, which outranked 78.0% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,142Magdalene47
- #1,142Rubie47
- #1,142Sharilyn47
- #1,155Sherril46
- #1,155Amalia46
- #1,155Armida46
- #1,155Cara46
- #1,175Dean45
- #1,175Delilah45
- #1,175Fanny45
Tied with 19 names at #1,155; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 168,232 of them was named Sherril, which outranked 32.0% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,393Windsor9
- #2,393Woodford9
- #2,393Yvonne9
- #2,574Sherril8
- #2,574Alen8
- #2,574Alto8
- #2,574Anita8
- #2,743Abbie7
- #2,743Adolf7
- #2,743Alberta7
Tied with 168 names at #2,574; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.