Recorded 1967–1989 Girls' name Peak 1968 129 births

Sheritha — girls' name

129 babies named Sheritha in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s271970s621980s40

The verdict

129 girls have been named Sheritha since 1967, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1989.

129
total births
1967–1989
years on record
1970s
peak decade
48%
born in that decade
1970s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Sheritha was born in this single decade.

1968
Single peak year

15 babies were named Sheritha in 1968 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sheritha

The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Sheritha between 1967 and 1989, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheritha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheritha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sheritha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sheritha 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 129 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.

Sheritha at a glance

Last recorded 1989

Total births

129

Since 1967

23 years of records

Peak year

1968

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1989

Active since

1967

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 1989

Sheritha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1967

Last recorded 1989
Peak year (1968)
15
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
05101520 1989198319801976197219691967 5

Sheritha by decade

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

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
62 births that decade — 48% of Sheritha's all-time total
1960s271970s621980s40

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sheritha?
129 babies have been named Sheritha since 1967. It was last recorded in 1989. The peak year was 1968 with 15 births.
When was Sheritha most popular?
Sheritha was most popular in the 1970s decade with 62 total births. The single peak year was 1968.
How long has the name Sheritha been used?
Sheritha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1967, spanning 23 years of data through 1989.
What names are similar to Sheritha?
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, 1967–1989 (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.