Sherryl — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sherryl

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,104 babies named Sherryl between 1936 and 1995, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherryl currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 207 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherryl performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,647 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sherryl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 429 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherryl in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherryl 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 4,104 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.