Girls' name · since 1967
Sheritha
Sheritha has 129 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,349 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 129
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
129 girls have been named Sheritha since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sheritha has 129 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1989.
- #24,349 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 129 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheritha ranks #24,349 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 129 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,349 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 129
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sheritha's 129 recorded births place it above 66.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheritha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sheritha's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1967, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1968 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sheritha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1989
- Peak year (1968)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Sheritha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (62 births, 48% of the file).
1970s was Sheritha's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Sheritha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
27 births
- 1970s
1970s
62 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 62 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Sheritha's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 1980s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sheritha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1967–1989 (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 Sheritha 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.