Sherma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sherma

The Social Security Administration has registered 319 babies named Sherma between 1923 and 1964, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1944, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherma performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sherma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sherma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherma 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 319 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.