Sherry

#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1962 · 9,223 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
229,937
since 1909

Sherry over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #48, 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#5,41023
2024#6,93216
2023#5,75221
2022#3,89338
2021#4,71928
2020#3,54642
2019#3,49944
2018#3,39646
2017#2,63566
2016#3,10053
2015#2,35178
2014#2,73963
2013#2,72663
2012#2,51672
2011#2,58969
2010#2,75264
2009#2,46577
2008#2,46277
2007#2,11795
2006#2,12791
2005#2,08889
2004#1,820104
2003#1,687113
2002#1,500126
2001#1,611114
2000#1,456126
1999#1,502114
1998#1,272142
1997#1,130166
1996#1,124161
1995#926203
1994#827244
1993#690313
1992#707305
1991#634353#8,2365
1990#581399
1989#518449#7,9055
1988#423548
1987#401567#5,4597
1986#354672#5,9266
1985#299822#4,6988
1984#273879#5,5616
1983#256929#4,1419
1982#2421,047#6,3855
1981#2081,266#6,2625
1980#1921,404#4,9407
1979#1751,591#3,56911
1978#1511,825#3,07013
1977#1402,071#4,1648
1976#1112,359#4,9356
1975#953,044#2,90213
1974#893,436#2,94612
1973#763,952#2,12419
1972#704,447#1,96621
1971#605,562#1,78425
1970#605,917#1,69926
1969#556,139#2,04617
1968#526,435#1,61424
1967#517,130#1,65222
1966#536,983#1,51026
1965#567,381#1,62523
1964#508,496#1,54526
1963#499,065#1,54826
1962#489,223#1,25938
1961#538,361#1,68623
1960#548,314#1,58126
1959#587,341#2,03316
1958#676,802#2,09315
1957#557,804#1,63424
1956#547,898#2,01516
1955#567,769#1,72520
1954#627,120#2,7439
1953#705,935#1,83618
1952#685,956#1,74919
1951#705,889#1,59822
1950#625,808#1,70119
1949#685,295#1,61621
1948#615,717#1,37828
1947#675,579#1,55523
1946#734,518#1,64219
1945#1042,676#1,69716
1944#1002,733#1,48321
1943#1232,314#1,83316
1942#1451,818#1,73017
1941#1721,252#2,08312
1940#207857#1,80215
1939#226739#2,05012
1938#245674#2,6468
1937#244648#2,19711
1936#257568#1,63917
1935#288436#2,02913
1934#466191#2,7428
1933#569126#3,2686
1932#587125#2,8498
1931#67398
1930#73491#2,17813
1929#82274#3,9595
1928#83175#3,6976
1927#81081
1926#93164#2,9049
1925#90567#4,1975
1924#1,13847#3,0239
1923#1,12946#3,4677
1922#1,23240
1921#1,27637
1920#1,70824#4,2865
1919#2,38414
1918#1,56626
1917#2,42813
1916#2,49812
1915#3,4347
1914#2,26510
1913#2,8276
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1909#2,2085
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First appearance
1909

The first year at least five girls were named Sherry! It came in at #2,208, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1909–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,522 spots since 2024 (#6,932#5,410)
  • 1,864 spots since 2020 (#3,546#5,410)
  • 3,059 spots since 2015 (#2,351#5,410)
  • Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1925 (#1,138#905)
  • Biggest drop: 198 spots in 1996 (#926#1,124)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1909
  • Peaked 1962 at #48 (9,223 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1946–1975
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1925–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 213
  • Highest: 1 in 213 girls born in 1963 were named Sherry (0.47%)
  • Latest: 1 in 69,881 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #48 in 1962, was only 1 in 213 (0.47%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 33.7% of all girls named Sherry (77,527) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#2,208 (1909)#2,208
1910s88#1,566 (1918)#2,486
1920s555#810 (1927)#1,078
1930s3,696#226 (1939)#429
1940s32,759#61 (1948)#112
1950s68,322#54 (1956)#62
1960s77,527#48 (1962)#52
1970s34,204#60 (1970)#103
1980s8,583#192 (1980)#317
1990s2,400#581 (1990)#939
2000s1,012#1,456 (2000)#1,933
2010s618#2,351 (2015)#2,830
2020s168#3,546 (2020)#5,042

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.

Sherry in 1929

girls
#822
74 births · 1 in 15,089 girls
boys
#3,959
5 births · 1 in 215,123 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #822Sherry74

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #3,959Sherry5
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 15,089 of them was named Sherry, which outranked 84.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherry
  1. #814Luz75
  2. #814Merna75
  3. #814Tomasa75
  4. #822Sherry74
  5. #822Altha74
  6. #822Dianne74
  7. #822Ira74
  8. #828Annabel73
  9. #828Ardella73
  10. #828Cathrine73

Tied with 5 names at #822; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 215,123 of them was named Sherry, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherry
  1. #3,559Yvonne6
  2. #3,559Zigmund6
  3. #3,559Zygmunt6
  4. #3,959Sherry5
  5. #3,959Adolphe5
  6. #3,959Adren5
  7. #3,959Agustine5

Tied with 586 names at #3,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929