Girls' name · since 1949
Sherel
139 babies named Sherel in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 139
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
139 girls have been named Sherel since 1949, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sherel has 139 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1979.
- #23,591 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 139 born since 1949
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sherel ranks #23,591 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 139 born since 1949, peaking in the 1950s.
- #23,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 139
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sherel's 139 recorded births place it above 67.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sherel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sherel's full recorded timeline at 1959, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sherel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1979
- Peak year (1956)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Sherel by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (77 births, 55% of the file).
1950s was Sherel's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Sherel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
77 births
- 1960s
1960s
33 births
- 1970s 24
1970s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 77 births (55% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sherel's data
- Sherel's decade-level peak was the 1950s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 1970s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sherel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1949–1979 (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 Sherel 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.