Sherissa — girls' name
92 babies named Sherissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
92 girls have been named Sherissa since 1972, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2004.
- 92
- total births
- 1972–2004
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Sherissa was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Sherissa in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sherissa
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Sherissa between 1972 and 2004, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherissa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sherissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sherissa 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 92 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.
Sherissa at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sherissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1972
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
92 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 10 births in a single year.
Sherissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 43 births that decade — 47% of Sherissa's all-time total
Sherissa decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sherissa's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 1972–2004 (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.