Sherlita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sherlita

The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Sherlita between 1971 and 1974, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherlita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherlita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sherlita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherlita 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 25 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.