Recorded 1936–2004 Girls' name Peak 1991 404 births

Sherin — girls' name

404 babies named Sherin in U.S. Social Security records since 1936, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1930s101940s541950s371960s511970s331980s731990s1232000s23
1990s
Peak decade

30% of everyone ever named Sherin was born in this single decade.

1991
Single peak year

17 babies were named Sherin in 1991 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sherin

The Social Security Administration has registered 404 babies named Sherin between 1936 and 2004, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Sherin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sherin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherin 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 404 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.

Sherin at a glance

Last recorded 2004

Total births

404

Since 1936

69 years of records

Peak year

1991

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2004

Active since

1936

Recorded for 69 years

Last year on file: 2004

Sherin popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1936

Last recorded 2004
Peak year (1991)
17
Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
05101520 200419971991198519771965195419461936 5

Sherin by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
123 births that decade — 30% of Sherin's all-time total
1930s101940s541950s371960s511970s331980s731990s1232000s23

Sherin by state

Where Sherin concentrates geographically — total births since 1936

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sherin
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
11 2.7%
New York share of Sherin's total US births 2.7%

11 of 404 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sherin?
404 babies have been named Sherin since 1936. It was last recorded in 2004. The peak year was 1991 with 17 births.
When was Sherin most popular?
Sherin was most popular in the 1990s decade with 123 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
Where is Sherin most popular?
The top states for the name Sherin are New York (11 births).
How long has the name Sherin been used?
Sherin has been recorded in Social Security data since 1936, spanning 69 years of data through 2004.
What names are similar to Sherin?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sheila, Sherry, Shelby, Shelly, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1936–2004 (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.