Shereka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shereka

The Social Security Administration has registered 501 babies named Shereka between 1972 and 1996, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shereka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shereka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 282 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shereka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shereka in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shereka 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 501 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.