Sherald — unisex name

What the Data Says About Sherald

The Social Security Administration has registered 110 babies named Sherald between 1947 and 1965, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherald currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Sherald is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 40 additional births since 1934.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherald performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sherald shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherald in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 110 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.