Girls' name · since 1971
Sherease
28 babies named Sherease in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sherease sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 28 recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sherease has been recorded 28 times among girls since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1981.
- #41,965 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sherease ranks #41,965 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #41,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sherease's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sherease's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sherease splits its recorded history at 1974: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sherease popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1981
- Peak year (1971)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Sherease by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (23 births, 82% of the file).
1970s was Sherease's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Sherease births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 23 births (82% of all-time use).
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- Sherease's decade-level peak was the 1970s (23 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sherease: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1971–1981 (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 Sherease 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.