Sheretta — girls' name
355 babies named Sheretta in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Sheretta was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Sheretta in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sheretta
The Social Security Administration has registered 355 babies named Sheretta between 1957 and 1992, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheretta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheretta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sheretta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sheretta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sheretta 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 355 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.
Sheretta at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sheretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1957
- Peak year (1982)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
355 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 21 births in a single year.
Sheretta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 119 births that decade — 34% of Sheretta's all-time total
Sheretta decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sheretta's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Sheretta by state
Where Sheretta concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 14 | 3.9% |
14 of 355 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.