Girls' name · since 1957
Sheresa
312 babies named Sheresa in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 312
- born since 1957
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sheresa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 312 have been recorded since 1957.
Sheresa has 312 recorded births among girls since 1957, 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 1957 to 1994.
- #15,572 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 312 born since 1957
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheresa ranks #15,572 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 312 born since 1957, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 312
- born since 1957
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sheresa's 312 recorded births place it above 78.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheresa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sheresa's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sheresa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1994
- Peak year (1974)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Sheresa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (118 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Sheresa's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Sheresa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 38
1960s
38 births
- 1970s
1970s
118 births
- 1980s
1980s
113 births
- 1990s 38
1990s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 118 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Sheresa's decade-level peak was the 1970s (118 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 1990s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Sheresa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1957–1994 (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 Sheresa 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.