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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #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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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.

Where Sherry is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedIDMontana: #142 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 586 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #309 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,390 girlsMNIllinois: #313 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,136 girlsILWisconsin: #336 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,785 girlsWIMichigan: #261 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,761 girlsMINew York: #309 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 1,898 girlsNYMassachusetts: #299 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,094 girlsMARhode Island: #171 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 931 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedIAIndiana: #256 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,586 girlsINOhio: #260 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,820 girlsOHPennsylvania: #231 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,512 girlsPANew Jersey: #303 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,059 girlsNJConnecticut: #237 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,486 girlsCTCalifornia: #458 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 3,057 girlsCAUtah: #358 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,133 girlsUTColorado: #405 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,705 girlsCONebraska: #209 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,157 girlsNEMissouri: #230 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,493 girlsMOKentucky: #213 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,219 girlsKYWest Virginia: #201 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,109 girlsWVVirginia: #184 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,082 girlsVAMaryland: #161 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 954 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedDEArizona: #360 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,110 girlsAZNew Mexico: #242 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,091 girlsNMKansas: #422 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,056 girlsKSArkansas: #230 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,278 girlsARTennessee: #153 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 885 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #156 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 874 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #184 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 980 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherry, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #303 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,879 girlsOKLouisiana: #202 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,060 girlsLAMississippi: #151 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 752 girlsMSAlabama: #205 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,134 girlsALGeorgia: #167 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 915 girlsGAHawaii: #228 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 878 girlsHITexas: #308 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 1,863 girlsTXFlorida: #255 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,623 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#142 · 1 in 586
  2. Mississippi#151 · 1 in 752
  3. Tennessee#153 · 1 in 885
  4. North Carolina#156 · 1 in 874
  5. Maryland#161 · 1 in 954

Best ever in a state: #17 in Arkansas, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#14281 in 586
Mississippi#151201 in 752
Tennessee#153311 in 885
North Carolina#156391 in 874
Maryland#161241 in 954
Georgia#167391 in 915
Rhode Island#17151 in 931
South Carolina#184181 in 980
Virginia#184291 in 1,082
West Virginia#20191 in 1,109
Louisiana#202291 in 1,060
Alabama#205191 in 1,134
Nebraska#20991 in 1,157
Kentucky#213181 in 1,219
Hawaii#22861 in 878
Arkansas#230101 in 1,278
Missouri#230211 in 1,493
Pennsylvania#231451 in 1,512
Connecticut#237111 in 1,486
New Mexico#24291 in 1,091
Florida#255381 in 1,623
Indiana#256211 in 1,586
Ohio#260381 in 1,820
Michigan#261321 in 1,761
Massachusetts#299161 in 2,094
New Jersey#303191 in 2,059
Oklahoma#303111 in 1,879
Texas#308701 in 1,863
Minnesota#309121 in 2,390
New York#309551 in 1,898
Illinois#313341 in 2,136
Wisconsin#336111 in 2,785
Utah#35871 in 2,133
Arizona#360101 in 2,110
Colorado#40581 in 2,705
Kansas#42251 in 3,056
California#458631 in 3,057
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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 Sherry
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 1984

girls
#273
879 births · 1 in 1,916 girls
boys
#5,561
6 births · 1 in 300,808 boys

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #273Sherry879

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #5,561Sherry6
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 1,916 of them was named Sherry, which outranked 97.8% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherry
  1. #270Kerri888
  2. #271Esther884
  3. #272Leigh883
  4. #273Sherry879
  5. #274Hilary877
  6. #275Jeanette871
  7. #275Savannah871
Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

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

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 300,808 of them was named Sherry, which outranked 24.2% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherry
  1. #4,973Zenon7
  2. #4,973Zeus7
  3. #4,973Zubair7
  4. #5,561Sherry6
  5. #5,561Aaryn6
  6. #5,561Abdulaziz6
  7. #5,561Abdur6
  8. #6,315Abbott5
  9. #6,315Abdel5
  10. #6,315Abdon5

Tied with 753 names at #5,561; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 1984 →