Girls' name · since 1964
Shereda
67 babies named Shereda in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,668 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shereda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 67 have been recorded since 1964.
Shereda has 67 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1984.
- #31,668 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 67 born since 1964
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shereda ranks #31,668 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 67 born since 1964, peaking in the 1970s.
- #31,668 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shereda's 67 recorded births place it above 56.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shereda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shereda's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1964, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shereda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1984
- Peak year (1978)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Shereda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (32 births, 48% of the file).
1970s was Shereda's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shereda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 32 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Shereda's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 1980s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shereda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1964–1984 (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 Shereda 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.