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 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 27,933 of them was named Sherril, which outranked 82.2% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,186Mina71
- #1,186Renea71
- #1,186Thomasina71
- #1,197Sherril70
- #1,197Drucilla70
- #1,197Emilia70
- #1,197Jeanetta70
- #1,209Brinda69
- #1,209Chrystal69
- #1,209Donald69
Tied with 11 names at #1,197; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.