Sherry — #6918 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sherry

The Social Security Administration has registered 229,913 babies named Sherry between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherry currently holds the #6918 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 9,223 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherry performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 77,526 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Sherry shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16,522 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherry in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherry 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 229,913 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.