Recorded 1967–1998 Girls' name Peak 1971 260 births

Sherece — girls' name

260 babies named Sherece in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s211970s841980s1031990s52

The verdict

260 girls have been named Sherece since 1967, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1998.

260
total births
1967–1998
years on record
1980s
peak decade
40%
born in that decade
1980s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Sherece was born in this single decade.

1971
Single peak year

14 babies were named Sherece in 1971 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sherece

The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Sherece between 1967 and 1998, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherece currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherece performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sherece shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sherece in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherece 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 260 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.

Sherece at a glance

Last recorded 1998

Total births

260

Since 1967

32 years of records

Peak year

1971

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1998

Active since

1967

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 1998

Sherece popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1967

Last recorded 1998
Peak year (1971)
14
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
46810121416 19981992198819841980197619721967 8

Sherece by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
103 births that decade — 40% of Sherece's all-time total
1960s211970s841980s1031990s52

Sherece by state

Where Sherece concentrates geographically — total births since 1967

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sherece
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
10 3.8%
New York share of Sherece's total US births 3.8%

10 of 260 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sherece?
260 babies have been named Sherece since 1967. It was last recorded in 1998. The peak year was 1971 with 14 births.
When was Sherece most popular?
Sherece was most popular in the 1980s decade with 103 total births. The single peak year was 1971.
Where is Sherece most popular?
The top states for the name Sherece are New York (10 births).
How long has the name Sherece been used?
Sherece has been recorded in Social Security data since 1967, spanning 32 years of data through 1998.
What names are similar to Sherece?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sheila, Sherry, Shelby, Shelly, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1967–1998 (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.