Sherrin — girls' name
310 babies named Sherrin in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Sherrin was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Sherrin in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sherrin
The Social Security Administration has registered 310 babies named Sherrin between 1940 and 1974, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherrin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherrin performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sherrin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sherrin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sherrin 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 310 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.
Sherrin at a glance
Last recorded 1974Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sherrin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1940
- Peak year (1947)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1974.
310 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 22 births in a single year.
Sherrin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 103 births that decade — 33% of Sherrin's all-time total
Sherrin decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Sherrin's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Sherrin by state
Where Sherrin concentrates geographically — total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 310 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1940–1974 (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.