Sherrill
Sherrill was last recorded in 1997, when 8 babies were given it; 8,847 Americans have been recorded with it between 1912 and 1997 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,390 Americans named Sherrill and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (61% of everyone recorded); the median is 72 years old and half are between 64 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sherrill by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sherrill mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Sherrill is “a female given name transferred from the surname.”
Also “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sherrill?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #10,673, in 1997; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
334 babies in 1947, the peak
Sherrill peaked in 1947, when 334 babies were given it (284 girls, #487 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 8 | #10,673 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,697 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,615 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 5 | #15,232 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,201 | 5 | #9,410 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,800 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,654 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,565 | under 5 | |
| 1987 | 16 | #5,042 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,928 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (84)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 23 | #3,714 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,854 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,322 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,512 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,416 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,853 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,135 | 5 | #6,933 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,266 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,896 | 5 | #6,720 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,512 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,669 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1974 | 32 | #2,427 | 5 | #5,890 |
| 1973 | 34 | #2,295 | 10 | #3,416 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,718 | 5 | #5,632 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,963 | 11 | #3,115 |
| 1970 | 66 | #1,516 | 10 | #3,245 |
| 1969 | 63 | #1,495 | 9 | #3,278 |
| 1968 | 76 | #1,264 | 15 | #2,179 |
| 1967 | 69 | #1,319 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1966 | 70 | #1,299 | 13 | #2,314 |
| 1965 | 100 | #1,053 | 15 | #2,160 |
| 1964 | 121 | #962 | 14 | #2,298 |
| 1963 | 129 | #933 | 19 | #1,889 |
| 1962 | 138 | #901 | 11 | #2,654 |
| 1961 | 160 | #833 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1960 | 168 | #795 | 24 | #1,686 |
| 1959 | 188 | #742 | 21 | #1,798 |
| 1958 | 181 | #738 | 34 | #1,339 |
| 1957 | 211 | #680 | 25 | #1,626 |
| 1956 | 229 | #632 | 33 | #1,358 |
| 1955 | 232 | #608 | 30 | #1,415 |
| 1954 | 203 | #647 | 24 | #1,589 |
| 1953 | 219 | #597 | 29 | #1,423 |
| 1952 | 182 | #658 | 38 | #1,210 |
| 1951 | 218 | #578 | 36 | #1,239 |
| 1950 | 233 | #539 | 38 | #1,177 |
| 1949 | 244 | #528 | 38 | #1,159 |
| 1948 | 273 | #489 | 46 | #1,044 |
| 1947 | 284 | #487 | 50 | #1,025 |
| 1946 | 250 | #495 | 49 | #964 |
| 1945 | 206 | #510 | 48 | #940 |
| 1944 | 263 | #448 | 54 | #867 |
| 1943 | 207 | #521 | 71 | #778 |
| 1942 | 202 | #525 | 63 | #820 |
| 1941 | 186 | #508 | 61 | #815 |
| 1940 | 197 | #488 | 53 | #871 |
| 1939 | 153 | #538 | 54 | #833 |
| 1938 | 138 | #589 | 56 | #833 |
| 1937 | 107 | #661 | 52 | #855 |
| 1936 | 133 | #570 | 74 | #689 |
| 1935 | 95 | #686 | 59 | #812 |
| 1934 | 53 | #953 | 37 | #1,090 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,174 | 39 | #1,048 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,941 | 53 | #886 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,796 | 47 | #972 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,303 | 35 | #1,212 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,716 | 32 | #1,265 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,647 | 30 | #1,349 |
| 1927 | under 5 | 26 | #1,508 | |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,770 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,330 | 25 | #1,529 |
| 1924 | under 5 | 25 | #1,571 | |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,607 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1922 | under 5 | 21 | #1,754 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 18 | #1,971 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 11 | #2,737 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 16 | #2,048 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 21 | #1,702 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 19 | #1,745 | |
| 1916 | 5 | #5,059 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,860 | 11 | #2,432 |
| 1914 | under 5 | 12 | #1,953 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 7 | #2,471 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 14 | #1,341 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Sherrill a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 8,847 Americans recorded as Sherrill, 78% are girls and 22% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Sherrill: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sherrill, and how old are they?
5,390 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 61% of the 8,847 Americans ever recorded as Sherrill. The median Sherrill alive today is 72 years old; half are between 64 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 6,311 people named Sherrill (5,440 women and girls, 871 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,266 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,050 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 815 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 220 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 8 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Sherrill born?
The states with the most babies named Sherrill are California, North Carolina and Texas, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 727 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| North Carolina | 556 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Texas | 370 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 339 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 292 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 282 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 264 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 250 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 162 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Tennessee | 129 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Sherrill is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sherrill is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1912 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sherrill with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 22,950 babies since 1880, Sherrill is the most given (39% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sherrill
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Sherrill and names like it
- Compare Sherrill and SherrylBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sSherrill peaked in 1947.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sherrill since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Sherrill: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Sherrill.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Sherrill alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with SMost given first.