Sheril — girls' name
704 babies named Sheril in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
704 girls have been named Sheril since 1935, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1994.
- 704
- total births
- 1935–1994
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Sheril was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Sheril in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sheril
The Social Security Administration has registered 704 babies named Sheril between 1935 and 1994, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheril currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 47 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheril performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 283 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sheril shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheril in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sheril 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 704 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.
Sheril at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sheril popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1935
- Peak year (1964)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
704 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 47 births in a single year.
Sheril popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1933 (Sheril as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Sheril accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sheril by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 283 births that decade — 40% of Sheril's all-time total
Sheril decade highlights
- Peak decade 283 births
- Runner-up 256 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Sheril's strongest decade
283 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Sheril by state
Where Sheril concentrates geographically — total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
54 of 704 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.7% of nationwide
- Missouri 0.7% of nationwide
- Texas 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.7% 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, 1935–1994 (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.