Sherina — girls' name
797 babies named Sherina in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Sherina was born in this single decade.
74 babies were named Sherina in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sherina
The Social Security Administration has registered 797 babies named Sherina between 1963 and 2005, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 74 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherina performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 342 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sherina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherina in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sherina 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 797 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.
Sherina at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sherina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1963
- Peak year (1985)
- 74
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
797 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 74 births in a single year.
Sherina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 342 births that decade — 43% of Sherina's all-time total
Sherina decade highlights
- Peak decade 342 births
- Runner-up 163 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sherina's strongest decade
342 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Sherina by state
Where Sherina concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18 | 2.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 18 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
18 of 797 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.3% of nationwide
- New York 2.3% of nationwide
- Florida 1.4% of nationwide
- Texas 0.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.3% 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, 1963–2005 (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.