Sherby — girls' name
93 babies named Sherby in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
93 girls have been named Sherby since 1938, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1992.
- 93
- total births
- 1938–1992
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Sherby was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Sherby in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sherby
The Social Security Administration has registered 93 babies named Sherby between 1938 and 1992, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherby currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherby performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sherby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sherby 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 93 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.
Sherby at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sherby popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1938
- Peak year (1956)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
93 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 9 births in a single year.
Sherby by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 41 births that decade — 44% of Sherby's all-time total
Sherby decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Sherby's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1938–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.