Recorded 1965–1994 Girls' name Peak 1988 237 births

Sherrelle — girls' name

237 babies named Sherrelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s111970s331980s1341990s59
1980s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Sherrelle was born in this single decade.

1988
Single peak year

32 babies were named Sherrelle in 1988 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sherrelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 237 babies named Sherrelle between 1965 and 1994, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherrelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherrelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sherrelle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherrelle 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 237 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.

Sherrelle at a glance

Last recorded 1994

Total births

237

Since 1965

30 years of records

Peak year

1988

32 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1994

Active since

1965

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 1994

Sherrelle popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1965

Last recorded 1994
Peak year (1988)
32
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
010203040 19941991198819851980197619671965 6

Sherrelle by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
134 births that decade — 57% of Sherrelle's all-time total
1960s111970s331980s1341990s59

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sherrelle?
237 babies have been named Sherrelle since 1965. It was last recorded in 1994. The peak year was 1988 with 32 births.
When was Sherrelle most popular?
Sherrelle was most popular in the 1980s decade with 134 total births. The single peak year was 1988.
How long has the name Sherrelle been used?
Sherrelle has been recorded in Social Security data since 1965, spanning 30 years of data through 1994.
What names are similar to Sherrelle?
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.

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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, 1965–1994 (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.