Sherron — unisex name
2,947 babies named Sherron in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, 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 Sherron was born in this single decade.
140 babies were named Sherron in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sherron
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,947 babies named Sherron between 1933 and 2000, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherron currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 140 babies received it in a single year. Sherron is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 526 additional births since 1936.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherron performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 972 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Sherron shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 239 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherron in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sherron 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 2,947 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.
Sherron at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sherron popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1933
- Peak year (1947)
- 140
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
2,947 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 140 births in a single year.
Sherron popularity over time — boys
526 total births recorded since 1936 (Sherron as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Sherron accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sherron by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 972 births that decade — 33% of Sherron's all-time total
Sherron decade highlights
- Peak decade 972 births
- Runner-up 615 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Sherron's strongest decade
972 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Sherron by state
Where Sherron concentrates geographically — total births since 1933
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 239 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 134 | 4.5% |
| #3 | California | | 116 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 98 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 97 | 3.3% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 81 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 61 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 28 | 1.0% |
239 of 2,947 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.1% of nationwide
- Tennessee 4.5% of nationwide
- California 3.9% of nationwide
- Mississippi 3.3% of nationwide
- Alabama 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Sherron appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1933–2000 (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.