Sherian — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sherian

The Social Security Administration has registered 849 babies named Sherian between 1939 and 1985, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherian currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherian performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 395 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sherian shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherian in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherian 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 849 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.