Girls' name · since 1973
Sherrica
Sherrica has 176 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 176
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sherrica is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 176 have been recorded since 1973.
Sherrica has 176 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1993.
- #21,146 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 176 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sherrica ranks #21,146 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 176 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 176
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sherrica's 176 recorded births place it above 70.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
Sherrica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sherrica splits its recorded history at 1983: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sherrica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1993
- Peak year (1983)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Sherrica by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (105 births, 60% of the file).
1980s was Sherrica's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Sherrica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
47 births
- 1980s
1980s
105 births
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 105 births (60% of all-time use).
Sherrica by state
Where Sherrica concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 176 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sherrica's data
- Sherrica's decade-level peak was the 1980s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Sherricas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sherrica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1973–1993 (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 Sherrica 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.