Girls' name · since 1944
Sheriann
156 babies named Sheriann in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,382 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
156 girls have been named Sheriann since 1944, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheriann has been recorded 156 times among girls since 1944, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1991.
- #22,382 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 156 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheriann ranks #22,382 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 156 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #22,382 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sheriann's 156 recorded births place it above 69.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheriann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sheriann's full recorded timeline at 1972, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1969 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sheriann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1991
- Peak year (1969)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Sheriann by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (53 births, 34% of the file).
1970s was Sheriann's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Sheriann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 8
1940s
8 births
- 1950s 16
1950s
16 births
- 1960s
1960s
45 births
- 1970s
1970s
53 births
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 53 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sheriann's data
- Sheriann's decade-level peak was the 1970s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Sheriann: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1944–1991 (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 Sheriann 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.