Girls' name · since 1937
Sheral
423 babies named Sheral in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 423
- born since 1937
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sheral is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 423 have been recorded since 1937.
Sheral has 423 recorded births among girls since 1937, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1937 to 1983.
- #13,079 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 423 born since 1937
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheral ranks #13,079 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 423 born since 1937, peaking in the 1950s.
- #13,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 423
- born since 1937
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sheral's 423 recorded births place it above 81.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
Sheral's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sheral's full recorded timeline at 1957, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1937, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1955 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sheral popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1983
- Peak year (1955)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Sheral by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (185 births, 44% of the file).
1950s was Sheral's strongest decade.
185 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Sheral births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
76 births
- 1950s
1950s
185 births
- 1960s
1960s
136 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 185 births (44% of all-time use).
Sheral by state
Where Sheral concentrates geographically, total births since 1937
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 423 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sheral's data
- Sheral's decade-level peak was the 1950s (185 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Sherals (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sheral: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1937–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sheral draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.