Girls' name · since 1958
Sherena
446 babies named Sherena in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 446
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
446 girls have been named Sherena since 1958, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sherena has 446 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1998.
- #12,686 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 446 born since 1958
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sherena ranks #12,686 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 446 born since 1958, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 446
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sherena's 446 recorded births place it above 82.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by South Carolina.
Sherena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sherena splits its recorded history at 1982: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sherena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1998
- Peak year (1985)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Sherena by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (226 births, 51% of the file).
1980s was Sherena's strongest decade.
226 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Sherena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 32
1960s
32 births
- 1970s
1970s
101 births
- 1980s
1980s
226 births
- 1990s 76
1990s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 226 births (51% of all-time use).
Sherena by state
Where Sherena concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 19 | 4.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 2.2% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 10 | 2.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 1.1% |
19 of 446 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Sherena's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (226 total births) through the 1990s (76) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- South Carolina records the most Sherenas (19 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sherena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1958–1998 (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 Sherena 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.